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According to a recent report by the Institute of Medicine, students spend too little time engaged in physical activity at school. We couldn't agree more! The American Heart Association has long been an advocate of increasing opportunities for students to be physically active. Those opportunities...

On Feb. 6, policymakers in Springfield went red in celebration of American Heart Month! Led by the Conference of Women Legislators (COWL) the Illinois Department of Public Health and the American Heart Association policymakers wore red and gathered for a group photo to raise awareness for the fight against...

We need your voice! One of the most impactful ways you can advocate for the American Heart Association is to meet with your legislators. Our Minnesota Lobby Day offers you the opportunity to do just that! REGISTER NOW! Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join other advocates to speak...

Ruby Foster Michigan I am a 65 year old woman living with heart disease. My heart disease is a result of family history along with uncontrolled hypertension. I have lived through bypass surgery and have a pace maker. I have also survived eleven strokes, and have a blood clot on the wall of my heart...

Michele Block Wisconsin Heart disease is a part of my family. My name is Michele. I have two girls ages 11 and 6. Why do I volunteer for the American Heart Association? I never want my girls to ever have to hear that I should be dead. Those are the words my mother heard from the surgeon who was...

Lori Haehle Wisconsin My heart attack. Four years ago, at the age of 52, I had a heart attack. A lot has changed in the past four years and because of that, I have a whole new perspective on life. To begin, I struggled when I came home from the hospital. I was upset, shocked, and saddened when...

Myanna Gee Wisconsin March 3, 2009 changed my life forever. That was the day when my mother suffered from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. It took place at a mall in Glendale, Wisconsin, which was one of her favorite places to go walking. You see, mom practiced a healthy lifestyle. She ate healthy, and would...

Beverly Goff Fort Wayne, IN In July, 2011, I was invited to a “Go Red for Women” American Heart Association breakfast and decided to take a van full of business associates. During this breakfast I knew this was invitation was purposeful and not a chance encounter. As three women stood...

Amber Strobel Evansville, IN I remember like it was yesterday, I had gotten home from practice earlier that evening. My mom picked me up in the back of the school like she always had and we headed home to see my brand new niece Morgan Elizabeth. As I looked at my Mom, holding her new grandchild, she...

Jill Duis Nebraska I have walked with heart disease my entire life. I was born with a complete heart block, meaning the top part of my heart didn't communicate with the bottom part, which meant my heart would only beat 40 beats per minute – about half the normal rate. My parents were...

Jeremy Aylward South Dakota My journey began when I was in the seventh grade. I was diagnosed with bicuspid aortic valve stenosis and insufficiency with ascending aorta dilatation and left ventricular hypertrophy. At the age of 18, I underwent my first open-heart surgery, a total aortic valve replacement...

Inel Lewis Michigan My mother. On April 11, 2010, three days after celebrating my mother’s 80th birthday, I arrived home from Bible Study only to find my mother sitting on the chaise in her bedroom and wheezing. She said “Inel, I don’t feel well.” I said “Mom do you...

FY2012 Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) Grant Recipients: Including 2 MN school districts – a success story. …Through the Carol M. White Physical Education Program, or PEP, the U.S. Department of Education awards competitive grants to expand and improve phys. ed. and...

Past American Heart Association president Gordon Tomaselli and AHA spokesman Russell Luepker are quoted in a USA Today article entitled “Heart disease in men can be fought head-on.” The article reminds us that although the rate of death from cardiovascular disease declined by 31% from 1998...

June 29, 2012 / 61(25);472 CDC's Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention has created the Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke, a new online mapping tool that documents geographic disparities in the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) at state and county levels. Users can create...