AHA News: Understanding ‘Black Fatigue’ – And How to Overcome It
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Before she gave the feeling a name, Mary-Frances Winters felt it constantly. She calls it “a dull droning sound that is always present” and “an underlying syndrome of sorts that permeates my…
Learn MoreAHA News: When His Heart Failed, ‘Monk’ Actor Jason Gray-Stanford Lived His Own Drama
THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — In his decades as an actor, Jason Gray-Stanford has appeared in a few medical dramas, often as a patient. And in his best-known role, as Lt. Randy Disher on “Monk,” he faced all kinds of cas…
Learn MoreAHA News: Donating Blood Benefits Both Receiver and Giver – And Now Is a Critical Time
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 23, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Every few seconds, someone in the U.S. finds themself in need of a blood donation. But there’s not always enough donated blood to meet that need. Aid agencies began the year announcing the …
Learn MoreAHA News: Donar sangre beneficia tanto al receptor como al donante, y ahora es un momento crítico
MIÉRCOLES, 23 de febrero de 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Cada varios segundos, alguien en EE. UU. necesita inesperadamente una donación de sangre. Pero no siempre hay suficiente sangre donada para cubrir esa necesidad. Las agencias de ayu…
Learn MoreAHA News: Born in China With a Heart Defect, She’s Now 14 and Calls Her New Heart ‘Thor’
MONDAY, Feb. 21, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Four years after Jamie Jennings started the adoption process to be a single mom, she got the call at 3 a.m. A 1-year-old girl in China with a congenital heart defect needed a home. Jamie had 4…
Learn MoreAHA News: Research Says Fad Diets Don’t Work. So Why Are They So Popular?
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Two years into a pandemic that landed people in their living rooms, generating countless hours of television bingeing and stress eating, the nation has a new problem to worry about: Nearly hal…
Learn MoreAHA News: Black Running Group Members Want Others to Follow in Their Healthy Footsteps
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — No matter how you look at them, Janita Poe and D. L. Dean are standout long-distance runners.Poe, 58, of Atlanta, estimates she’s completed 17 half-marathons, three full marathons, four half I…
Learn MoreAHA News: Post-Pregnancy Breathlessness, Fatigue Were Symptoms of Heart Failure
THURSDAY, Feb. 17, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Tiara Johnson’s second pregnancy went smoothly – until the last month.”My fingers were so puffy, I couldn’t wear my wedding ring,” she said.The problem stemmed from her blood pressure. And t…
Learn MoreAHA News: The Legacy of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a Heart Surgery Pioneer
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 16, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — In July 1893, James Cornish was admitted to Chicago’s Provident Hospital with a knife wound to his chest, stemming from a barroom brawl. He needed surgery, but medical professionals at the …
Learn MoreAHA News: Damage From Preeclampsia May Be Seen Decades Later In the Eyes
TUESDAY, Feb. 15, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Women who develop a type of high blood pressure during pregnancy show signs of damage to the small blood vessels in the eye by middle age, according to new research. The findings suggest smal…
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