John Singleton, the director, producer, and screenwriter behind the 1991 hit film “Boyz N the Hood” and several other movies was removed from life support on Monday by his family. The decision was made nearly two weeks after Singleton suffered a major stroke which left him in critical condition and…
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Abbott: Fighting Stroke with Medical Technology
Every 40 seconds, someone, somewhere, has a stroke. But with cardiac monitoring, that could all change in a heartbeat. Originally Published by Abbott. According to the American Heart Association, nearly 800,000 Americans have a stroke each year. And if you’re about to have a stroke, your body has probably been…
Archived: Kaiser Permanente Outpaces Nation in Reducing Deaths From Heart Disease, Stroke
Death rates from heart disease and stroke in adults under age 65 are lower and dropping faster for Kaiser Permanente (No.2 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) members in Northern California than in the rest of the United States, according to new research published in the American Journal of…
Archived: Luke Visconti, CEO: I Had a Stroke
I had a stroke on May 20. Ironically, it came the same week we had scheduled a dinner to bring together PWD community leaders and corporate leaders to discuss why there isn’t more being done to employ people with disabilities, who have the highest unemployment rate of any college-educated diversity…