R. Todd Hurst, MD, FACC, FASE, is a board-certified cardiologist, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Health at Banner – University Medicine Heart Institute, and associate professor of medicine at the University of Arizona. His goal is to help people understand the power they have to avoid the most feared diseases such as heart attacks, strokes, and dementia.
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