Framingham Heart Study participant shares how results changed her life
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Blood clotting disorders are problems with how the body makes blood clots. If you have a clotting disorder, your blood may not clot enough when you are injured, or your blood may form clots even without an injury.
Defibrillators are devices that restore a normal heartbeat by sending an electric pulse or shock to the heart.
Cardiac arrest is a life-threatening condition in which the heart suddenly stops beating.
Pneumonia is a lung infection that causes the air sacs to fill up with fluid or pus. This can make it hard to breathe.
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a group of more than 200 different disorders that cause scarring in the lungs and make it hard to breathe.
Narcolepsy is a long-term disorder that causes periods of extreme daytime sleepiness, including sudden brief episodes of deep sleep.
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