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.
News and Stories from the American Heart Association
Honoree advances stroke recovery and women’s heart health
Healthcare CEO leads by example — and with heart.
New U.S. nutrition guidance emphasizes importance of healthier eating
Federal guidelines and Heart Association guidance both encourage limiting added sugars and highly processed foods, but there are differences.
What Actually Happened
You may have heard a misconception that Procter & Gamble gave the American Heart Association $1.5 million - the equivalent of more than $20 million today - in 1948. That's actually false.
Sudden cardiac arrest changed everything for busy mom
Pennsylvania woman has since discovered her family’s history of heart disease. She’s also become certified in CPR and now teaches others how to save a life.
The American Heart Association 2024 Healthcare Volunteer of the Year honored for his efforts in preventing and finding cardiac causes of stroke
Apr 15, 2024
Spotlighting the link between cardiac risks and stroke is a passion of Steven Manoukian, the American Heart Association's 2024 Healthcare Volunteer of the Year.
Woman Changing the World honoree uses family history to inspire others to take their health to heart
Apr 12, 2024
Actress and director Elisabeth Rohm earns the Woman Changing the World Award because of her inspiring message and far-reaching volunteer work for heart health.
At the AHA, advocacy leads to health impact
Apr 2, 2024
Thousands of public policy successes have improved lives across the country. But in pursuing equitable heart and brain health, many important goals remain.
Early last century, this social worker changed cardiac care
Mar 27, 2024
Bellevue's Mary E. Wadley helped ensure heart patients could continue to be monitored medically after hospital discharge.
AHA CEO named one of Modern Healthcare's 2024 Top Women Leaders
Mar 13, 2024
Nancy Brown is honored for her contributions to improved care delivery, health equity, policy, and gender equity in health care leadership.
What it takes to be 'relentless'
Feb 12, 2024
Presidential advisory explores the AHA as a multifaceted engine of past, present and future progress.
A century later, psychologist carries on a heart-focused family legacy
Jan 30, 2024
When Katie Sears Edwards works with patients, she feels a special connection to a distant relative, Paul Dudley White, the late cardiology pioneer who co-founded the American Heart Association.
Introducing the Centennial Collection: A century of cardiology progress
Jan 9, 2024
Legendary cardiologist Eugene Braunwald provides perspective on 100 years of medical progress against heart disease.
A century of progress against cardiovascular disease
Jan 8, 2024
As the AHA turns 100, here's a look at the many ways the organization improves and extends lives – including yours.
A Century of Heart
Jan 5, 2024
A Century of Heart Around the AHA highlights the American Heart Association’s first century of progress in fighting heart disease, stroke and related conditions.
AHA names top advances in cardiovascular disease research for 2023
Dec 19, 2023
Discoveries about high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation and more made the American Heart Association’s list of the most significant advances against heart disease and stroke in 2023.