The American Heart Association on Long Island is proud to announce that it has been selected as a nonprofit beneficiary of the New York Islanders Hockey With A Heart on Tuesday, February 7th at UBS Arena. On this night, volunteers from the American Heart Association will share the life-saving message that CPR Saves Lives and
A program giving New Yorkers a chance to help control a silent killer is back. The American Heart Association is now recruiting participants for the Check It! Challenge. The challenge is a community-wide program encouraging people to check, change, and control their blood pressure. The program began in Central New York and the Southern Tier
Maybe you’re trying to manage your blood pressure or cholesterol, or quit smoking or vaping, or you’re urging family or friends to do the same. We want to help Blood Pressure Management and Cholesterol Resources: The Facts About High Blood Pressure High blood pressure (also referred to as HBP, or hypertension) is when your blood
A good starting goal is at least 150 minutes a week, but if you don’t want to sweat the numbers, just move more! Find forms of exercise you like and will stick with, and build more opportunities to be active into your routine. Fitness Basics Getting Active Staying Motivated 7 no-brainer ways to boost your
By Dr. Jennifer H Mieres and Dr. Stacey E Rosen Mother’s Day is behind us, which means that supermarkets everywhere have moved the thank-you-mom greeting cards and the mom-themed chocolate candy boxes to the discount aisle. But now that the official celebration of the women who brought all of us into life is over, our
Shoppers can support the life-saving work of the American Heart Association Walgreens is proud to support the American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, through Life Is Why™, a cause marketing campaign benefitting the American Heart Association. Life Is Why inspires consumers to celebrate their reasons
NYC Healthy for Good and the Long Island Heart Walk are sponsored by: The American Heart Association’s Healthy for Good is a healthy living movement to inspire lasting change in your health and your life, one small step at a time. The approach is simple: Eat smart. Move more. Be well. We are honored to
Almost at the halfway mark, the American Heart Association’s free blood pressure awareness program, the Check It! Challenge, has a reach of 315,000 people. Participants are checking their blood pressure twice monthly and taking advantage of American Heart Association resources provided to them. Each month during the four-month program that began in February, the Check
Heart disease is the leading cause of death of adults nationwide, and South Asians, the second fastest-growing ethnic group in America, have a higher death rate from this disease than any other ethnic group: Four times the risk of heart disease compared to the general population Earlier onset of cardiovascular disease than other ethnicities. The
Red Chair Series locally sponsored by The American Heart Association’s signature women’s initiative, Go Red for Women®, is a catalyst for change to improve the lives of women globally. We believe the more a woman knows about heart disease, the better chance she has of beating it. That’s why we are partnering with Northwell Health