02/12 FOOD CRITIC MERRILL SHINDLER, KEN DASHOW, ‘TUNE IN TO AFIB, TAKE NOTE OF STROKE RISK’

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Food critic/reviewer Merrill Shindler has written and spoken about his various oral fixations, both in America and abroad, for most of his adult life.  Beginning in the early ’70s as the Restaurant Critic for the San Francisco Bay Guardian (a position that led, inexplicably, to three years as Music Editor at Rolling Stone), he’s written about livin’ large as Restaurant Critic for San Francisco Magazine, and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, along with covering the world of chow for the New York Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel & Leisure, Diversion, Food Arts, Food & Wine and Bon Appetit. Merrill Shindler has been editor of the Los Angeles Zagat Survey, host of Fine Living: Critics on the Fine Living Network, restaurant critic for the Copley and San Gabriel Valley Newspapers, and host of a weekly program on how much fun it is to put things in your mouth on KABC Radio.


KEN DASHOW TALKS ABOUT A NEW PROGRAM THAT IS URGING AMERICANS TO ‘TUNE IN TO AFIB, TAKE NOTE OF STROKE RISK’

DO YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE AT AN INCREASED RISK OF STROKE?

It’s estimated that in 2017, nearly 7 million Americans have a heart condition that raises their risk of stroke. If you have atrial fibrillation (AFib) not caused by a heart valve problem, your risk of stroke increases five-fold. Approximately 15 percent of all strokes that occur in the U.S. are due to AFib not caused by a heart valve problem. Strokes due to AFib are more severe and more likely to be fatal than strokes not caused by this condition, and they can have a devastating effect on patients and their loved ones.

SOME COMMON SYMPTOMS OF AFIB MAY INCLUDE:
• Fluttering or “thumping” in the chest
• Dizziness
• Shortness of breath

Some people may have no noticeable symptoms and only learn they have AFib when they get a physical exam. With AFib, the top chambers (the atria) of the heart do not contract properly to push blood through the heart. As a result, some blood remains in the top chambers, which can pool, and clots may form. These clots can travel to the brain, blocking or limiting blood flow, and may result in a stroke.

Ken Dashow is a Beatles aficionado and a New York radio institution that thousands tune into every afternoon to hear on iHeartMedia New York’s Q104.3. Now he’s lending his voice to a campaign that is close to his heart, asking people to ‘Tune in to AFib.’