HEALTH & FITNESS

A doc who’s all heart

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“When we used to hire in our practice, where they went to school and did their training was at the bottom of the list,” says Jeffrey Green, founder of The Heart Center in Stamford. “We would ask, ‘Is this the kind of person I would trust my patients with?’”

The misunderstood disease

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Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States. But the good news is that it’s 80 percent preventable. White Plains Hospital.

The good fight

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Shelby Saer has turned a family history of ALS into fighting this rare, devastating disease as co-chair of the board of Packard Center ALS Research at Johns Hopkins.

A place for this mom as health advocate

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In a more than 40-year career as a TV journalist, public speaker and author, Joan Lunden has reported on virtually every topic. But there are two that she is especially passionate about, in part because they have hit close to home – breast cancer awareness and senior care.