Some 244,000 Capital Region residents have high blood pressure, and many cope with nutrition insecurity and continue to smoke, placing them at higher risk of heart disease or stroke. Too often, health inequities create the conditions that put people at this greater risk. Many of the risk factors for heart disease and stroke also increase

In 2018, nearly 400,000 people suffered sudden cardiac arrest. Seventy percent of those happen in a home or residence, and survival rates remain around 10 percent. Having CPR performed doubles or triples a victim’s chances of survival. That’s why the American Heart Association worked to pass the CPR in Schools Law in New York, which

Stroke can happen to anyone, regardless of age or fitness level. But the local branch of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, is taking action to change that. Oct. 29 is World Stroke Day, and the American Stroke Association is using the day to announce the return of an-person event

Lisa Silver knows all too well that strokes can happen to anyone, regardless of age or fitness level. Thirteen years ago, she was a 38-year-old Burnt Hills business owner who just didn’t feel right. On her way to a night out with a friend, Silver suffered a stroke. On World Stroke Day, Oct. 29, Silver

Maria Decker first became involved with the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women movement in 2011, when SEFCU’s Chief Administrative Officer Barbara Hess invited her to a Circle of Red Meeting. At that meeting, Decker heard a statistic that astounded her. “When I heard that 1 in 3 women die of heart disease, I

America’s Greatest Heart Run & Walk will return on May 7, 2022, and the American Heart Association is seeking the public’s health to find this year’s class of heart disease and stroke survivors who will serve as spokespeople for the iconic Mohawk Valley event.  Known as Red Cap Ambassadors, this special group of people remind

American Heart Association provides community resources to curb high blood pressure, COVID-19 outcomes NEW YORK, NY, October 4, 2021 — Since COVID-19 vaccine distribution began, people have ventured out, but rises in the Delta variant may be causing people to retreat home and delay important doctor’s visits. The American Heart Association, the leading voluntary health

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, September 27, 2021 – The American Heart Association (AHA), the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all announced today that White Plains Hospital will help lead the Go Red movement in Westchester County formally kicking-off on World Heart Day — September 29. Dawn French, Senior Vice President for

The American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, is proud to announce Damara Gutnick, MD, FACP, Senior Director in the Montefiore Health System’s Office of Community and Population Health, and an Associate Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the departments of Epidemiology and Population

Mark Duffy has been front and center at past CycleNation events, raising money to fight stroke and heart disease in the American Stroke Association’s signature event. This year, Duffy, Community Engagement Leader at SEFCU, is chairing CycleNation, which will be back in person on Thursday, Sept. 30, from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Armory