When Jennifer DeFazio had a stroke four years ago, she said “it felt like something exploded in my brain.” Around the time of her 43rd birthday, DeFazio’s neck bothered her. The pain at first was a normal “sore day,” given the level of activity that had always been part of her life. The director of

Monique Corcoran, Director of Operations for the Heart and Vascular Institute of Nuvance Health, sees chairing the Go Red for Women Celebration as a natural continuation of her position to support Nuvance’s clinicians as they treat and prevent cardiovascular disease. “Educating the public and raising awareness is a key part of our work,” Corcoran said.

After surviving two strokes, Paula Symanski became a staunch advocate for the American Stroke Association and American Heart Association, serving as the Stroke Ambassador to the Capital Region Heart Walk and Run, and being a driving force in the first CycleNation to take place in the Capital Region in 2018. Days before that event, on

POUGHKEEPSIE, New YORK – With many families still struggling from the COVID pandemic and with the increased cost of groceries, local food panties are expecting to be busier than ever before. To help meet families’ nutritional needs this fall, Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and the American Heart Association are launching a program which

ALBANY, N.Y. – From 1985 to 1995, Joan Clifford worked for the American Heart Association, setting up an employee wellness program called “Heart At Work,” and a program that brought health programming to area churches called “Community at Heart.” On Tuesday, Oct. 18, Clifford, now Director of Alumni Relations at Russell Sage College, and executive director

Following surgery for a congenital heart defect, a baby’s weight can fluctuate, which can indicate a problem.  The family of Jonathan Kirk, who passed after receiving a heart transplant, made a donation to Albany Medical Center, a member of the Albany Med Health System, that will make it easier for families to track their babies’

Mike Willsey noticed the name “Lewis Britton” on the license of a customer at his U-Haul business in the Southern Tier, and asked if he was related to Lew Britton, the surgeon in Albany. When the customer told him it was his father, Willsey told him that Dr. Lewis Britton had performed surgery on his

Gabe Greenberg of Delmar has been part of the American Heart Association family since he first “flipped the switch” at SEFCU to symbolically illuminate the Capital Region red on Wear Red Day in February 2018. That was on his second birthday. This Sunday, June 5, at 10:15 a.m. at the W. Averell Harriman State Office

Mary St. Germain was a woman who went the extra mile for everyone she knew – coworkers, family, community members. When SEFCU’s Director of Facility Operations passed away of a sudden heart attack in August 2021, in her early 60s, her coworkers were stunned. “Mary was amazing,” said Chris Duwe, Senior Vice President of Risk