Advocate Issue - CVD Prevention at You're the Cure

2 May 2016

Little Tikes with a Big Message

Sometimes it doesn’t take much to get the message across. Sawyer Daniels and Jack Towle stole the show at our April legislative reception. Sawyer is here today because his heart defect was able to be detected early thanks to a...

11 Apr 2016 | Jocelyn Gomez

Jocelyn Gomez

August 7^th, 2015 was the start of the most life-changing event of our lives. My father, mother, and I were sitting in the emergency room that night waiting to be called on.

11 Apr 2016

Henry Philofsky, Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation - Partners with Heart

Henry Philofsky is the Western Regional Director at the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation. Henry and the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation are important and dedicated partners of the AHA’s on our Tobacco 21 for Oregon campaign.

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2 Mar 2016 | Diana Cook

Diana Cook

As a veteran volunteer with the American Heart Association, Diana Cook has been involved in a myriad of ways with the organization over the years.

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4 Feb 2016

Jane Kolodinsky - Good food sells!

Telling legislators that french fries are the most common vegetable served to toddlers, AHA volunteer Jane Kolodinsky urged Senate Health and Welfare Committee members at a recent hearing to implement nutrition standards for restaurant kids meals. Jane, the chair of...

11 Jan 2016 | Sara Hoffman

Advocate Highlight - Sara Hoffman

Sara was like any other bride who spent months planning her wedding, but she never could have guess what would happen on the flight to Mexico.

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6 Jan 2016

Dr. Jan Carney - Educating About the Dangers of E-cigs

Strong clean indoor air laws are the most effective way to prevent second hand smoke exposure. In addition to conventional tobacco products, exposure to aerosol from electronic cigarettes presents a potential threat to public health while normalizing smoking behavior. Dr....

30 Nov 2015 | Frank Amend

Frank Amend

Frank Amend had never even heard of the American Heart Association before 2003.

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9 Nov 2015

Kristin Salvi, New York

My name is Kristin Salvi and I am the newest member of the Government Relations team in New York! I look forward to the opportunity to champion our policy goals related to the prevention of heart disease and stroke. Coming...

21 Oct 2015 | Melissa Brown

Roy Varghese, M.D., Kentucky

After more than thirty years of caring for patients in his Eastern Kentucky community, Dr. Roy Varghese unexpectedly became a patient himself.

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