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Study: Heart Attacks On The Rise Among Pregnant American Women

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A new study shows an rising risk between pregnancy and heart attacks among American women. Factors are going up in all women. If you add in the cardiac stress of pregnancy and delivery, and it amounts to a disturbing trend. Even more worrisome is how much the risk has gone up, and at what ages. Erika Perez welcomed her third child Joshua seven-years-ago. Right after the birth, she didn’t feel well. Her EKG was normal, but ten days later she felt even worse. “The pain went to my back and my chest and my arm,” she told CBS2. “I felt like I was dizzy.” Doctors determined Erika was having a massive heart attack. She never thought that could happen at the age of 37, but a new study from NYU Langone Health says the risk of having a heart attack during pregnancy and right after delivery is on the rise. Researchers examined 55 million hospitalizations and found a 25 percent increase from 2002 to 2014. Five percent of those women died of their heart attack. “The risk of heart attacks during pregnancy may be increasing because women are waiting longer to have children,” Dr. Nathaniel Smilowitz said. “Diabetes and obesity have gone up during that same time period.” In fact, heart attack risk was highest for pregnant women over 40 but it increased in all age groups. Pregnancy is a stress on the heart at any age. “As women are pregnant they need to increase the level of blood that is circulating in order to feed the growing baby, and that’s a stress on the heart and then delivery involves a lot of shifts there’s bleeding, there’s shift of fluid and that can be a stress on the heart as well,” Dr. Harmony Reynolds said. Reynolds adds women and their partners need to be their own advocates when it comes to heart attacks and pregnancy. Women who are pregnant or have just delivered and have chest pains need to make sure they notify their doctors or nurses. Erika is now 45, and encouraging other women to speak up they feel if something isn’t right. Reynolds and Smilowitz also say women need to know and control their heart disease risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.

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July 18, 2018 0 comment

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Plaque Honoring Hero Cop Steven McDonald Dedicated In Central Park

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A plaque honoring the late NYPD Detective Steven McDonald was dedicated Thursday at his old precinct in Central Park . Police Commissioner James O’Neill and Mayor Bill de Blasio presided over Thursday’s ceremony, which took place 32 years to the day after McDonald was shot three times by a 15-year-old boy while investigating a bicycle robbery in the park. More: Remembering The Legacy Of NYPD Detective Steven McDonald McDonald survived, but the shooting left him paralyzed from the neck down and needing a ventilator to breathe. Eight months later, McDonald forgave the teen and then traveled the world, inspiring others with speeches on faith and forgiveness. McDonald died on January 10, 2017, at age 59 after suffering a heart attack. McDonald’s wife and son say they hope the plague serves as a reminder of his legacy. “If a man who was shot by a 15-year-old kid when he did nothing, but just try to talk to him – can live a life of love and compassion, I think we all can do that and we all can sit down and talk to each other,” said McDonald’s son, Conor, who followed in his father’s footsteps and is now a sergeant in the NYPD.

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July 12, 2018 0 comment

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African-Americans At Greater Risk For High Blood Pressure, New Research Shows

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New research shows who’s most at risk for high blood pressure, and when. The findings show African-Americans are at much higher risk at an earlier age than other groups. High blood pressure is often called a silent killer because it usually has no symptoms until it leads to a heart attack, stroke, or kidney damage. The longer you have it, the more likely it is to cause those deadly problems. Five years ago, Tracy Johnson was at work when she suddenly felt extremely warm. “The nurse on the site checked my blood pressure and it was 220 over 120,” she said. “They sent me straight to the emergency room.” The 46-year-old learned she had high blood pressure, which runs in her family. New research in the Journal of the American Heart Association shows that 75 percent of African-American men and women are likely to develop high blood pressure by age 55, compared to just 55 percent of white men and 40 percent of white women. Experts say blood pressure is a complex health issue. “A part of it relates to the genetic makeup, a part of it relates to diet, lifestyle,” Dr. Gautam Visveswaran from Newark Beth Israel Medical Center said. Research also found that following a diet designed to stop hypertension lowered a person’s risk. Dr. Visveswaran says high blood pressure is preventable. “Incorporate a healthy diet which is low salt, high in fruits and vegetables, get to an exercise program,” he said. “Go to your healthcare provider.” Johnson says she doesn’t eat fried foods, ice cream, or cheese anymore. Even so, she needed surgery three months ago for two blockages in her cardiac arteries, a known consequence of high blood pressure. “When you’re young you think you’re invincible, so I wasn’t worried about that then but I am now,” she said, adding she’s more diligent now about taking her medications, has lost some weight, and is exercising to stay healthy. In the study, having a higher body weight was linked with an increased risk or high blood pressure regardless of race of gender. Most blood pressure can be lowered with medication, but the key is getting it treated once you know you have it.

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July 11, 2018 0 comment

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Rozier, ex-Warriors 1st-round pick, dies at 45

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Clifford Rozier, who played college ball at North Carolina and Louisville and went on to be the No. 16 pick by the Warriors in the 1994 draft, died after a heart attack. He was 45.

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July 7, 2018 0 comment

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LI Teen Who Lost Her Dad Gets Special Prom, Graduation Surprises From Local Fire Department

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TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A Long Island teen coping with the sudden loss of her father got an incredible gesture from the local fire department. As CBS2’s Lisa Rozner reports, they pulled off a special surprise – not once, but twice. John Pouletsos served the Terryville Fire Department for 50 years. The man, known for his infectious smile, was a chief, commissioner and, perhaps his most important role, father to 18-year-old Cara. He died of a heart attack in March at 67 years old, a few months shy of his daughter’s senior prom. “He was there when we picked out my dress,” she told Rozner. “He was going to wait in the car and he was like, ‘Oh no, I want to come out, I want to take a picture of you in the dress,’ when I wasn’t even sure what dress I was getting.” So last month, Pouletsos’s firefighters answered a very important call to get that picture for him. “We felt we should be there for John, to be there for her. And that was the first then we said. He wasn’t there to take the picture with her going to her senior prom, so we would,” said Terryville Fire Department Chief Thomas Young. About two dozen men and women crashed the dance and surprised Cara to get that photo. “All of a sudden, I just see all of these guys in uniform, and I was like, ‘What? What’s going on?’” she said. “I don’t think she knew what was going on at first, and then we all settled in, and she was just overwhelmed,” said Young. Two days later, Cara graduated from Comsewogue High School, decorating her cap in her father’s memory. An even bigger crew from the fire department showed up with another surprise, including several engines, brush trucks and ambulances. “They call my name, all of a sudden, the sirens go off, the lights go off, the horns, everythingf,” she said. Her mom, who met her dad while serving in the department herself, caught it all on video. “It’s a terrible tragedy that happened to our family, but the love and support that we’ve received has really carried us through,” said Cheryl Pouletsos. “I just felt like he was there with me… I didn’t feel like I needed to cry, because I felt like with all of them there, that he was there with me,” Cara added. She plans to follow her father’s footsteps. She’ll become a firefighter with the department in the fall, hoping to one day become chief of the department, too.

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July 6, 2018 0 comment