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The Senate will start debating their budget and we are asking for their support for critical funding for key prevention programs. We knew it was going to be a tough budget year we feel that it is still important for the Legislature to make investments in public health and access to care. We are asking...

We’re all working hard to make pulse ox a requirement in New York, and we know that the more people help out, the better. But how do we reach people in our community who are not yet advocates? Meet them at a common medium, like a newspaper, used by most of the community. Letters to the editor can...

We need your help. The bill to screen babies for heart defects needs to be placed on a committee agenda. With two simple calls, you can help all babies have a healthy start. This simple test called pulse ox, consists of sensors placed on a baby’s hand and foot to check low blood oxygen levels ...

On April 9, Rhode Island advocates John Potvin and Dr. Steven Fera testified before the Senate Health & Human Services Committee in support of legislation that would require all high school students to receive hands-on CPR training and an overview of automated external defibrillator (AED) use prior...

If you knew that a painless, non-invasive 45 second test that only cost $4.00 could potentially pick up a critical congenital heart disease in a newborn….would you do it? Yup. Me too. Congenital heart defects are the number one birth defect in the US and the number one killer of infants with birth...

Wow—the first half of “Heart Month” has been a whirlwind complete with a blizzard. Just the way I like it. Although (with Cecelia’s help) we dug out from the blizzard, we have not even begun to “dig out” from all the exciting work we have this month. We started...

Don’t worry. Things are not going to the dogs here at the Scarborough office. This is just what you might find when you stay late to update your blog. Gary, our Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart Coordinator is busy creating his “recess-in-a- bag” incentives. His daughter and puppy Tokie...

Governor Cuomo will outline his vision for the coming year in his State of the State address tomorrow. The American Heart Association is fighting for chronic disease prevention and CPR training. What issues are you hoping to hear about from the Governor?

We have worked together to pass legislation in 2012 that ultimately leads to the gift of a more healthy life for Connecticut residents. Because of your support all of Connecticut’s newborns will be tested for Critical Congenital Heart Disease, our elementary school students will have 20 minutes...

Right now, nearly 27% of Vermont kids are overweight. Providing them with more options for physical acticity and limiting their consumption of sugary drinks can help them to be healthier. Let your legislators know that you want them to make fighting obesity a priority to help our kids and keep health...

Today is Halloween, and in typical Northern New England style, mermaids need to wear winter coats before they go out trick-or-treating. If you grew up around here, you remember working really hard on your costume and then being forced to cover it up with a ski jacket. Sigh. All that hard work and no...

Last month the American Heart Association's Rhode Island team hosted its annual Little Heart Hero Day at Roger Williams Zoo for children with heart conditions and their families. As part of the day’s activities, parents signed petitions and children colored pictures that will be delivered to...

Laurie Stephenson Rhode Island I am a wife, a mother of three children, a business woman, a group fitness instructor, a distance runner, a team coach, a church volunteer, a RI legislative advocate, and my most proud accomplishment, the one that has allowed me to achieve all of the above - a Survivor...