Monthly Archives: August 2011

StopAfib.org - For Patients. By Patients - Stop Atrial Fibrillation

Join Team AFib for the “AFib CARE: Creating A Role for Effective Teams” webinar hosted by StopAfib.org

In honor of Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) Awareness Month, Team AFib would like to invite you to our second webinar, “AFib CARE: Creating A Role for Effective Teams”, taking place at 1:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, September 14 and hosted by StopAfib.org. To learn more, see:  Join Team AFib’s Atrial Fibrillation Webinar, “AFib CARE: Creating A …

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Atrial Fibrillation Patient Perspective on Better Care, from EP Lab Digest August, 2011

In her first regular Patient Perspective column, which appears in the August issue of EP Lab Digest, StopAfib.org founder Mellanie True Hills explores a concern in the atrial fibrillation patient community that staying in afib long term could be a "death sentence." In addition, she talks about the upcoming National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month, which …

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StopAfib.org Applauds US Senate Passage of the Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Resolution (S. Res. 243)

StopAfib.org would like to applaud and thank Sen. Michael Crapo [R-ID], Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA], Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI], Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI], Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL], and Sen. Patrick Toomey [R-PA] for introducing and passing the Atrial Fibrillation Resolution (S. Res. 243), which promotes increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation. To learn …

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What Everyone with Atrial Fibrillation Should Know about Multaq (dronedarone)

As a patient, you probably see lots of hype-filled reports about various drugs. After a drug is approved, there’s an inevitable blitz of negative publicity which often scares people away from important new solutions that could help them. There has been so much news lately about Multaq (dronedarone), the drug designed to provide the benefits …

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