American Stroke Association Community Conscience Award The 13th annual Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium (NECC) summit honored Dr. Olajide Williams yesterday with the American Stroke Association Community Conscience Award for his unique research based on stroke disparities in communities. “I am humbled, overwhelmed, deeply honored and grateful,” said Dr. Williams during Thursday’s summit. Dr. Olajide Williams is an [...]
Stroke Breakfast & Awards Ceremony marks World Stroke Day 2018 New York City, October 17, 2018 — The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, will host its annual Stroke Breakfast & Awards ceremony on World Stroke Day, Monday, October 29th at the New York Academy of Sciences. Clot-busting drugs and medical devices have made stroke largely [...]
New York City, October 1, 2018 — The American Heart Association in New York City is proud to announce that Green Bronx Machine and Common Threads are the recipients of the 2018-2019 Community Impact Grants. This year, the Community Impact Grants will provide $90,000 of funding for programs with strong, outcomes-focused initiatives that expand the healthy food access to children. [...]
A new study found that black churchgoers who learned about healthy habits while receiving religious and personal encouragement saw a steeper drop in their blood pressure than those who didn't. That's important because high blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, the leading causes of death in the world. Black adults are more likely to develop high [...]
A routine visit to the doctor’s office typically results in a single blood pressure measurement. But for people on the verge of being diagnosed with high blood pressure, or hypertension, visits usually involve several additional checks at the office, along with a recommendation of having more taken at home. But how many? At least three days' worth, according to a [...]
Hispanic adults who live in counties with high concentrations of their ethnic peers are about 60 percent more likely than those who don’t to die from heart disease and stroke, a new study shows. As a group, Hispanics have lower death rates from heart disease and stroke than white and black adults – despite having high rates of uncontrolled high [...]
DALLAS, September 20, 2018 — American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown issued the following comments on California Senate Bill 1192, the California Healthy by Default Kids Meals Beverages bill: “California has made history today by becoming the first state to ensure that water or milk comes standard for kids’ meals at all restaurants. The American Heart Association applauds California’s leaders for making it easier [...]
Jen Hyde is a Brooklyn resident and was named a Go Red For Women 2017 - 2018 Real Women. The American Heart Association’s 2018 Brooklyn Heart Walk will take place this coming weekend. On Sunday, Brooklynites will come together to raise money for heart health research and honor survivors of heart disease. We’ll raise awareness that it’s the [...]
School bus. Central Park. New York City With summer coming to a close, it’s time for the first day of school and planning back-to-school shopping ‘must-haves.’ After all of the new clothes and classroom supplies have been purchased, one of the last items parents shop for are groceries. This school year, the American Heart Association (AHA) is encouraging parents to make [...]
The New York Post headline is not reflective of what the proposed legislation intends to achieve. This bill supports parents’ efforts to give their kids a healthier future. By Annabelle Jimenez On Thursday, August 23, the New York Post published an article with the misleading headline, “City Council wants to ban soda from fast-food kids’ meals.” This headline [...]
