American Heart Association

How to Make Breakfast A Healthy Habit
How to Make Breakfast A Healthy Habit
How to Make Breakfast A Healthy Habit
Part of being Healthy For Good™ is creating simple daily habits you can stick with. One important habit that can help kick-start your day is eating a healthy breakfast. Think outside the (cereal) box with these quick and easy ideas. (This information is from the American Heart Association's website... Read More ...
New Stroke Guidelines Save Lives
New Stroke Guidelines Save Lives
New Stroke Guidelines Save Lives
New guidelines from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association could change how acute stroke treatment is done, meaning instead of dying or suffering lifelong disability, one of three stroke patients could fully recover...
Red Dress Ball 2018
Red Dress Ball 2018
Red Dress Ball 2018
The Red Dress Ball is a formal affair raising money for the American Heart Association. Celebrate the heart just in time for Valentine's Day with a dinner, dancing, Survivor Fashion Show, silent auction, Chinese auction, and new to the event this year is a photo booth for groups to have some extra fun...
Go Red Run
Go Red Run
Go Red Run
If you're a runner and would like to meet with other runners in the area, consider this Fun Run presented by The Greater New Bedford Track Club! They'll be running the "Louie's Run loop (5k) on Saturday, February 20th at 9 am. Meeting at 1 Oneida St, New Bedford (Buttonwood Park)...
World Stroke Day
World Stroke Day
World Stroke Day
Thursday, October 29th is World Stroke Day. In America, someone has a stroke every 40 seconds. Women are more likely to suffer a stroke than to be diagnosed with breast cancer. Many stroke patients do not get to the hospital in time for lifesaving treatment...
Guidelines Released For Preventing Strokes In Women
Guidelines Released For Preventing Strokes In Women
Guidelines Released For Preventing Strokes In Women
The American Heart Association has issued its first guidelines for preventing strokes in women.       Just as heart attack symptoms may be different in men than women, stroke risks also vary by gender. The new advice focuses on birth control, pregnancy, migraine headaches and other conditions women face uniquely or more frequently than men do.  ...