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Leading cardiologists reveal new heart disease risk calculator
2025-02-25 10:45:02| Spiritual Career Counseling
Statement Highlights:The new American Heart Association PREVENTTM risk calculator estimates the 10- and 30-year risk of total cardiovascular disease for people aged 30 years and older.The calculator estimates the risk of heart attack, stroke and for the first time heart failure. The equations are sex-specific and race-free, acknowledging that race is not a biological factor, and can include an index of social determinants of health.This is the first risk calculator that combines measures of cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic health to estimate risk for cardiovascular disease.The calculator was developed using health information from more than 6 million adults, including people from diverse racial and ethnic, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds.Editors note: Updated Jan. 11, 2024 to include link to the PREVENT calculatorEmbargoed until 4 a.m. CT / 5 a.m. ET, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023DALLAS, Nov. 10, 2023 A new calculator estimates a persons risk for cardiovascular disease (CV...
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Great Leaders: Who was King Gwanggaeto the Great?
2025-02-24 14:45:02| Spiritual Career Counseling
Ifthe West looks upon Alexander the Great as the greatest conqueror that theyhave seen, In Korea, they turned to Gwanggaeto the Great as their equivalent. Whois this Gwanggaeto the Great? And why the Koreans revered him as one of theirgreatest leaders in history?Name:Gwanggaeto the GreatCountry: Goguryeo (Modern day Korea andManchuria)Position: KingTenure:391 - 413Contributions:Defended his people from invasionExpanded Goguryeo's territoryEnlarged his kingdom's sphere of influenceUnified virtually the Korea PeninsulaWho was Gwanggaetothe Great?Gwanggaetothe Great, a name meaning The Great Expander of Territory was born as Prince Damdokof the Kingdom of Goguryeo (Koguryo) in 374. A son of King Gogugyang, he grewup imbued with Buddhist and Confucianist values, which his father andgrandfather promulgated. Also, he also had to learn to be a great warrior,following a long time tradition of military leaders since the time of theirkingdoms founder King Jumong in 37 BCE. In 391, his father pa...
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Bronze Bowl with Inscription of King Gwanggaeto the Great | Curator's Picks
2025-02-24 14:45:02| Spiritual Career Counseling
The first excavation ever led by Korean archaeologists was conducted by the National Museum of Korea in May 1946 at Noseo-dong Tomb 140, a Silla tomb in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk Province. The decision was made to excavate this particular tomb because it was severely damaged and in danger of being completely destroyed. Tomb 140 is located in the Noseo-dong Burial Ground, which is the westernmost of Gyeongjus Silla burial grounds. In the 1930s, a total of 155 tomb mounds were identified within the city limits of Gyeongju, all of which were assigned a serial number. View of the wooden-chamber tombs with stone mounds of Gyeongju. This burial ground has great significance in the history of Korean archaeology, as the site of the first excavation ever conducted by Korean archaeologists, in 1946. When Tomb 140 was given its serial number, only two meters of its mound remained above ground, and two houses had been built upon that mound. Thus, it was initially thought that the mound contained on...
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