Dr. Vilma I. Torres

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  www.rmcps.com/Misc/Heart.aspx - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/8/2008    Last Visited: 9/8/2008  

  "Heart disease and stroke claim more women's lives each year than the next seven causes of death combined, and nearly twice as many as all forms of cancer, including breast cancer," said Vilma Torres, M.D., a cardiologist at Loma Linda Hospital who specializes in women's heart disease, and is the president of the Inland Empire American Heart Association.
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  Men have been trained that chest pain is a red flag, but in women, a heart attack can be more subtle," said Torres.
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  Pictured above from left: ANN MATICH â-ª Vice President of Marketing - Riverside Community Hospital â-ª BCBG | HANNAH GRINNAN â-ª Heart transplant recipient â-ª Greendog | AUDREY MARTINEZ â-ª Tribal Representative - San Manuel Band of Mission Indians â-ª Donna Morgan | GLORIA LORING â-ª Singer / Actress â-ª Laundry by Shelli Segal | RACHELLE RODRIGUEZ â-ª Heart Disease Survivor â-ª Betsy and Adam by Jasline | CINDY ROTH â-ª President / CEO Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce â-ª Maggie London | CATHERINE LARSON, MD â-ª Physician - Riverside Medical Clinic â-ª BCBG Maxazria | BRENDA LORENZI â-ª Co-Owner, Inland Empire Magazine â-ª Lauren by Ralph Lauren | DEBBI HUFFMAN GUTHRIE â-ª President - Roy O. Huffman Roof Company â-ª Laundry | MARTHA GREEN â-ª Real Estate Agent & Entrepreneur Extraordinaire â-ª Donna Morgan | JOY DEFENBAUGH â-ª Councilwoman - City of Riverside â-ª Alex Evenings | VILMA I. TORRES, MD â-ª Associate Professor - Loma Linda University School of Medicine â-ª Betsy an

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  www.hrsonline.org/Education/WomensLeadership/WLIMission - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/20/2008    Last Visited: 4/20/2008  

  Vilma Torres, MDLoma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda CA
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  Vilma Torres, MD
  
  Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda CA

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  DailyBulletin.com - Business - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/3/2005    Last Visited: 8/3/2005  

  The check will be presented to Dr. Vilma Torres, President of the Inland Empire American Heart Association Board of Directors.

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  Living Naturally - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/27/2004    Last Visited: 1/21/2006  

  Dr. Vilma Torres, a cardiologist and president of the Inland division of the American Heart Association, said that the new research might help explain why San Bernardino County has the highest cardiac disease death rate in California, adjusted for age.
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  "We take in much more than we need for a healthy lifestyle," said Torres, of the American Heart Association.

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  Línea Abierta Programs for February 2005 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/1/2005    Last Visited: 6/8/2006  

  Guests: Dr. America Bracho, director, Latino Health Access, Santa Ana, CA; Dr. Vilma Torres, member, President, Board of Directors, Inland-Empire American Heart Association, Los Angeles; Angel Ponce, registered dietician, Encourage Tomorrow Program/Sequoia Community Healthy Centers, Fresno, CA.

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  Published on: 4/21/2003    Last Visited: 8/1/2005  

  * The press and the public are invited to a special check presentation featuring 11-year-old open-heart surgery survivor Victoria Hecht, who is the American Heart Association's Ambassador for the Inland Empire. * The $240,674 check will be presented to Dr. Vilma Torres, President of the Inland Empire American Heart Association Board of Directors. * The check presentation will take place at the Stater Bros. Supermarket located at 1045 South Bloomington Avenue in Bloomington, California.

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  Redlands Daily Facts - News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/12/2005    Last Visited: 8/13/2005  

  The check was presented to Dr. Vilma Torres, president of the Inland Empire American Heart Association.

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  Redlands Daily Facts - News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/7/2005    Last Visited: 2/8/2005  

  Vilma Torres, a cardiologist at Loma Linda University Medical Center, said women are often misdiagnosed or under-diagnosed because they have different symptoms than men.
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  Studies also show that women may show signs of heart failure if they suffer from insomnia and fatigue, Torres said.
  
  In a study presented during an American Heart Association conference last year, Torres said in about one-third of female heart attacks, women experienced insomnia and fatigue just before their attacks.
  
  "Women are used to handling many things, children, stress and a husband, and too often they ignore their health," Torres said.

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  Redlands Daily Facts - News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/5/2004    Last Visited: 2/6/2004  

  "It's the first year of a combined effort between the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute," explains Dr. Vilma Torres, a cardiologist at Loma Linda University Medical Center."There has been a tremendous focus on coronary disease prevention in men.It's become a common perception and misconception that it's a men's disease."
  
  Torres says that data for the past 10 years has shown women are disproportionately succumbing to heart disease compared to men, and that the numbers are higher in Hispanic and black women.
  
  On Friday, women and others are encouraged to wear red to help heighten awareness of heart disease in women.
  
  "There hasn't been the same decline in heart attack rates in women as there has been in men," Torres says."We're not ignoring men and children.We still need to reach out to everyone, but we haven't had much success in decreasing incidents in women, and we have a lot to do.Women need to be more aware that cardiovascular illness is the number one killer of women."
  
  Torres says that, if heart attack deaths were reduced by just 10 percent, it would be the equivalent of eradicating all deaths by breast cancer each year roughly 65,000 deaths.
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  "Heart disease is not a disease limited to older women," says Torres."Even women in their 40s and 50s are only in the middle of their productive lives."
  
  Torres says that husbands should be aware of symptoms, as well.
  
  "I was just reading the other day that a 39-year-old woman was having a heart attack, and it was her husband who picked up on it," she says.

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  Riverside Medical Clinic - Heart-Stopping - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/30/2007    Last Visited: 10/12/2009  

  "Heart disease and stroke claim more women's lives each year than the next seven causes of death combined, and nearly twice as many as all forms of cancer, including breast cancer," said Vilma Torres, M.D., a cardiologist at Loma Linda Hospital who specializes in women's heart disease, and is the president of the Inland Empire American Heart Association.
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  Men have been trained that chest pain is a red flag, but in women, a heart attack can be more subtle," said Torres.

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