The Persistent Three: Combating Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke in North Carolina.

Significant advances in science and medicine have not been adequate to dethrone heart disease, cancer, and stroke from their positions as three of the top killers of North Carolinians. In this issue, authors from across the state describe efforts to employ more holistic, comprehensive, and innovative approaches to primary and secondary prevention, as well as ensuring everyone who needs it has access to care and support through their disease journey. The articles in this issue include data and trends-as well as community examples-to explore evolving approaches to prevention, screening, treatment, and research.

Health Disparities Research Curricula and Training Development: Recommendations From a National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Workgroup.

The national mandate to improve health equity in the United Sates is advancing. Racial and ethnic disparities in various aspects of health care have been clearly delineated, and sources of such disparities have been identified. However, implementing solution-focused interventions to eradicate such disparities, thereby achieving health equity in all US communities, has remained a daunting challenge, and no area more so, than with neurologic diseases.