Vasculitis (CNS) Vasculitis of the central nervous system (CNS) is an autoimmune disorder in which the body mistakes its own blood vessels that supply the brain and spinal cord as a foreign substance and launches antibodies to attack them. It is not known what causes this faulty immune response. Inflammation of the blood vessels prevents blood from flowing to parts of the brain and spinal cord, which can result in damage to the CNS, including: decreased function due to decreased blood flow (ischemia),
AARP, Inc., formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is a United States-based interest group with a membership founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, Ph.D., a retired educator from California, and Leonard Davis, later the founder of the Colonial Penn Group of insurance companies.
History AHA was founded in 1924 by six cardiologists to address what they perceived as tremendous public ignorance about heart disease. AHA was originally founded to facilitate sharing research findings with physicians and promote further study of heart disease. The AHA went public in late 1948 during a network radio contest, The Walking Man, on the Truth or Consequences program hosted by Ralph Edwards.