WCVB NewsCenter 5 is urging viewers to ‘wear red’ on National Wear Red Day to raise awareness and funds in the fight against heart disease and stroke in women. The Boston news station is airing a promo featuring its female anchors promoting the campaign, which is part of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for
The American Heart Association and Manchester design-build firm, PROCON, are working together to make Manchester healthier. In Hillsborough county, 25% of children live in food deserts without access to healthy food. In Manchester, 29% of adults are obese, more than the average of New Hampshire. Healthy habits start at a young age. “We are creating
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, the Greater Baltimore and Greater Washington Regions hosted a webinar on prescription assistance programs. The webinar was facilitated by FamilyWize and Walgreens and provided valuable information for those in attendance, including front-line clinical staff. Dr. Athol Morgan, cardiologist in West Baltimore and long-time volunteer of the American Heart Association, opened
Public health advocates and students gathered at the State House to urge lawmakers to support legislation that would end the sale of all flavored tobacco and e-cigarette products, including menthol products. Calling it an urgent matter, the advocates and students stressed that it is not just a matter of public health, but also health equity
The Fifteenth Annual American Heart Association Go Red For Women Benefit Luncheon to Take Place March 11, 2020 The American Heart Association announces that John F. Rodis. M.D. M.B.A., President, Saint Francis Hospital will serve as Chair of the 2020 Greater Hartford Go Red For Women Luncheon & STEM Goes Red. The fifteenth annual benefit
Gov. Cuomo’s call for ending the sale of flavored e-cigarettes doesn’t go far enough, according to the American Heart Association. “We need to protect the health of all New Yorkers by prohibiting the sale of all flavors in all tobacco products,” said Caitlin O’Brien, J.D., New York State Director of Government Affairs for the American
The American Heart Association, the leading voluntary health organization devoted to a world of longer, healthier lives, recently announced that Margaret Belfield, MSN, RN, executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) Clinical Services, AtlantiCare, will serve as chairwoman for the American Heart Association 2020 Southern New Jersey Go Red for Women Luncheon. The Go
One day a year, what you wear could help save life. For more than 16 years, New Jersey businesses, schools, media, organizations, clubs and individuals have banded together to end heart disease and stroke in women. Each year, the first Friday in February, National Wear Red Day, has helped raise awareness and funds for women’s
The American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, teamed up with several schools throughout New Jersey and across the country for the first-ever #QuitLying Day, which took place on Thursday, January 16, 2020. The initiative was a student-led event to demand accountability by e-cigarette companies for spending
The American Heart Association, Greater Washington Region is proud to partner with The Teen Age Group (TAG) of Greater Suburban Maryland’s Jack & Jill of America Inc. to raise awareness on the dangers of vaping through the #QuitLying campaign and the launch of their own PSA campaign, “No Smoke.” The “No Smoke” Vaping PSA Release