Million Hearts is a national initiative that was launched by the Department of Health and Human Services in September 2011 to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over five years, by 2017. The fact that high incidence of cardiovascular diseases among Malayalees in United States warrants the need of knowing and understanding this initiative and share this in the Malayalee community. Cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke, is the leading cause of death and disability.........
Jojy Cheriyan MD,MPH- July 30, 2015TheNew York City health department reports that two patients have died anddozens have been sickened in an outbreak of Legionnaires' diseasecentered in South Bronx. Thirty-one cases of the flu-like disease havebeen reported since mid-July 2015 in the South Bronx. .........
False diagnoses, unnecessary tests, overdose chemotherapy---are some of the charges proved in the long list of fraud against a Michigan Oncologist. The trial is one of the worst ever medical fraud cases in the United States..........
Jojy Cheriyan MD,MPH--June 27, 2015Since last summer federal agents have arrested 243 people — including 46 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals — who are accused of running up more than $700 million in false Medicare billings. Charges range from fraud and money-laundering to aggravated identity theft and kickbacks..........
Here are a few key statistics about heart disease, stroke, other cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors. The source for the health statistics is the AHA/ASA 2015 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update, which is compiled annually by the American Heart Association (AHA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government sources. .........