CVD Prevention

Advocating to make a difference for others.

Have you seen the Good Food Goes Bad ad campaign? You'll find these ads in bus shelters across New York City, on billboards in Times Square, and at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel coming into NYC!

3 Time Super Bowl Champion but the Title that Means the Most, Stroke Survivor!

Trained as a health educator and certified as both a prevention professional and a tobacco treatment specialist, it is not surprising that much of my work over the years has leaned heavily on the age-old adage ... "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".

AHA Maine is looking for stories. Will you share yours?

Eight year old wins poster contest showing healthy food options for kids.

Andy recently testified at the State House on the American Heart Association's Tobacco 21 proposal.

As a veteran, I used my musical strength and fortunate talent to pursue a music career.  I opened for James Brown for 15 years, and also accompanied a Las Vegas show of dancers and cabaret song treatment by giving tribute to the Motown era.  But the many years of exposure to second hand smoke in those venues took an irreversible toll on my health. 

November 18, 1998 was the day Erin E. Herring started on her journey into the world of physicians, hospitals and fear; that was the day her son Gavin was born.

Dr. Fera recently testified at the State House on the American Heart Association's "Healthy Beverage Act" proposal.