As plans are underway for the 2023 Lehigh Valley and Berks Heart Ball, Melanie Falcon and Jim Vaughn, anchors of 69 News at 4:00pm on WFMZ-TV, return as your emcees for a night of celebration and inspiration. Joining them are this year’s co-chair’s Kyle Egge, Regional VP with Ciocca Dealerships and Mairin Egge, Interior Decorator
Built on community relationships between premier sponsor Bayhealth and collaborating organizations the Food Bank of Delaware and American Heart Association & American Stroke Association, a first-in-the-nation statewide food rescue program, 302 Food Rescue, launched on Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Milford Food Lion. Thanks to the power of technology and a smart phone app, 302
Thank you to Joyce Prater for sharing the following personal story. Read her inspiring journey: TEAM BOB is in honor of my husband, Bob, who passed away suddenly in 2021 as the result of a sudden cardiac event. While I searched and could not find meaning in his death, I found meaning in his life.
Caring for our community goes beyond the Bayhealth Hospital campuses and Bayhealth Medical Group provider offices. Nonmedical variables such as environment, housing, and food insecurity —some of the social influencers of health—play a critical role in people’s well-being and lifelong journey to good health. Patient screenings at Bayhealth hospitals and provider offices have identified food
Thank you to Sophia for sharing her incredible personal story. Read more for her account of this inspiring journey. My name is Sophia Migliorini and when my fiancé Travis Capacete and I found out we were pregnant, we were thrilled. At our 20-week ultrasound, we found out we were having a baby boy and our
Starting and maintaining heart-healthy habits can be a challenge, but it can be easier and more fun when you get your whole family involved. This is the advice of Bayhealth Family Medicine, Dover Resident Physician Eric Moseley, MD. Being heart-healthy as a family makes parents more accountable, and it builds healthy habits for kids that
The American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on ensuring longer, healthier lives for all, has named Dr. Ruchi Gupta, a pediatric cardiologist in the Cardiac Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, as the chair of the 2022 Lehigh Valley and Berks Heart Walk. In this role, Gupta will help raise funds to
Supporting the next generation of health advocates, the American Heart Association awards five high school seniors with $1,000 college scholarships to energize their commitment to community health through service-learning opportunities. The grants are a part of the American Heart Challenge™, a school-based program that helps middle and high school students feel good about their health,
Will Stout’s goal of attending college on a full-ride athletic scholarship was in his grasp when he passed out while playing with his brother. “All my extremities were purple,” said Will. “My heart muscle was thick and overgrowing. Doctors told me I had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and had suffered a mild stroke.” Will was in the
Leonard Y. Lee, MD, has assumed the role of president-elect of the board of directors for the Eastern States region of the American Heart Association (AHA), the world’s leading voluntary health organization dedicated to building longer, healthier lives free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Lee will serve as president-elect through June 30, 2023, at which