AHA News: Days Before Christmas, New Mom Had a Stroke
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Two weeks after giving birth and a week before Christmas 2016, Ashley Hammontree was enjoying a snowy day at home in Greenwood, Missouri. Wearing pajamas, she nursed her baby, Elijah, and se…
Learn MoreAHA News: With a Little Luck, These Foods Will Get Your New Year Started Right
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Need a healthy way to kick off the new year? You’re in luck.As the calendar turns, cultures across the world focus on good fortune and associate all kinds of foods with it. Here’s a look at…
Learn MoreAHA News: Con un poco de suerte, estas comidas harán que tu nuevo año comience bien
MIÉRCOLES, 21 de diciembre de 2022 (American Heart Association News) — ¿Necesitas una manera saludable de empezar el nuevo año? Estás de suerte.Al momento de cambiar de calendario, las culturas en todo el mundo se enfocan en la buena fortuna y con el…
Learn MoreAHA News: Heart Transplant Recipient Honors Her Donor ‘By Living the Best Possible Life I Can’
TUESDAY, Dec. 20, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Even now, years later, Linda Jara’s voice resonates with notes that can only be fully appreciated by certain people – people like her who carry someone else’s heart.Her tone is filled with gr…
Learn MoreAHA News: Heart Failure More Common in Heart Defect Survivors Starting at Young Age
MONDAY, Dec. 19, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — People born with heart defects may face a nearly ninefold higher lifetime risk for heart failure and develop it decades earlier than people born without heart abnormalities, new research shows…
Learn MoreAHA News: Why a Sportswriter’s Sudden Death Should Lead You to Ask About Your Own Family History
FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — The sudden death of celebrated sportswriter Grant Wahl at a World Cup match in Qatar last week shocked those who knew him – and of him. He had just turned 49 and seemed healthy, aside from rec…
Learn MoreAHA News: He Used to Hike Mountains. A Stroke Left Him Learning to Walk Again.
FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Richard Samuelian recently got back from a hike in Yosemite National Park.A few years ago, the 52-year-old couldn’t walk down the hallway of his home in Fresno, California, without help.Richar…
Learn MoreAHA News: Soccer Helps These Doctors Stay on Top of Their Game
THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — When Dr. Arianna Heyer left medical school in Philadelphia for an internal medicine residency in Miami, she found herself working constantly, with little time or opportunity to take care of …
Learn MoreAHA News: El fútbol ayuda a estos médicos a mantenerse en la cima de su juego
JUEVES, 15 de diciembre de 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Cuando la Dra. Arianna Heyer salió de la facultad de medicina en Filadelfia para hacer una residencia en medicina interna en Miami, se encontró trabajando sin descanso, con poco tiem…
Learn MoreAHA News: It’s the Flavor of the Season, But Be Wary of Peppermint Platitudes
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Peppermint, like Santa Claus, seems to be everywhere you turn at the holidays. And also like Santa, when it comes to evaluating claims about it, the most scientific minds will tell you they…
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