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2025 Go Red for Women Class of Survivors Andrea Alexander

'I'm here today to tell you don't wait'

First she brushed off mild symptoms. Days later, she learned she was having a heart attack.

Read Andrea's story

2024 Award of Meritorious Achievement winners honored for a new way of thinking about the overlapping effects of diseases

Apr 26, 2024

Chiadi Ndumele and Janani Rangaswami gave up music careers and teamed up to define cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome.

Putting the 'fun' in fundraising

Apr 25, 2024

For a half-century, playful school-based programs have taught students valuable health lessons and sparked donations for the fight against heart disease.

Award winner learned about community service at young age

Apr 23, 2024

Reginald Robinson, a board-certified cardiologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and past president of the Eastern States Board of the American Heart Association, is the AHA's 2024 Physician of the Year.

For 25 years these teachers have helped kids rise to the heart challenge

Apr 23, 2024

Competitive spirit propels a Massachusetts middle school in annual AHA educational and fundraising event.

Longtime volunteer brings financial expertise to mission of saving lives

Apr 22, 2024

Al Royse rolls up his sleeves to contribute meaningfully to the American Heart Association, where he has volunteered for more than two decades.

2024 Award of Meritorious Achievement winner honored for championing nutrition for longer, healthier lives.

Apr 18, 2024

Nutrition researcher Alice H Lichtenstein has spent four decades advancing American Heart Association's lifesaving mission.