heart disease in women

Strength through the struggle: one woman’s fight to breathe again

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Beginning in 2020, Sue Ellen Bigioni experienced a string of significant and emotional personal losses. “I lost my brother in August 2021 and my husband of 50 years, Vince, later that year – three days before Christmas. Then in 2022, I lost another brother in March and my sister on Memorial Day, so it was … Read more

Ashley Addison Foster returns as chair of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women 2026 campaign

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Building on 2025 Successes, Campaign Continues Mission to Save Women’s Lives from Heart Disease WILMINGTON, Del.,  Jan. 2,  2026 — Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for women in Delaware and across the United States. To change that, the American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone … Read more