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Digital Diversity Network Cloud Gathering Conference

Clayton Banks, Teresa Kennedy, Daphne Leroy, Patricia Andrews-Keenan, Kathy Johnson at the Copacabana

THE BUZZ: Check out the highlights from speakers at the Digital Diversity Network (DDN) Second Annual New York City “Cloud Gathering” Conference held at The New York Times Conference Center. This year’s theme was “Innovation, Disruption & Transformation.”

Spot a Stroke F.A.S.T.

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HEALTH & BODY: In the 1950s, my dad was known as “Mr. Speech.” For almost 50 years, he was a professor of Communications and Theatre Arts but for the last few months of his life he couldn’t speak.

Cutting Cholesterol

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Q&A: My doctor just told me that my cholesterol is high. Now that I’m in my 40s, I’m trying to pay more attention to my health – especially since my father had a stroke when he was in his 50s. I rather not rely on medicine the rest of my life. What can I do to get my cholesterol down?

Power Weekend

THE BUZZ… This weekend I had the honor of leading two workshops for the American Heart Association’s Power Weekend at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia. It was a forum for key opinion leaders ”Power Ambassadors” to network and share ideas for propelling AHA’s “Power To End Stroke” movement forward. It also unveiled successes and…