Category: AHA

We’ve all heard the terms food desert or food swamps, where healthy food choices are not available. One local council member is looking to change that by introducing legislation that promotes healthy options on restaurant kids’ menus. The bill is Intro 1202 and this bill would mandate that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene … Continue reading How one New York City Council Member is paving the way for healthier kids meals in restaurants

By Diego Ortiz Quintero Tap the play button above to listen to an audio recording of this article. This Monday, October 16th is World Restart A Heart Day, a global initiative to increase awareness about the importance of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and to also increase actual bystander CPR rates worldwide by educating the public … Continue reading World Restart A Heart Day: American Heart Association NYC honors CPR hero

Pierre Georges Bonnefil’s stroke story starts in his Manhattan apartment, as he would say, with his wife, Marysia. It was she who recognized the signs of a stroke F.A.S.T. in February 2013. Bonnefil, a 55-year-old partner at a law firm at the time, failed to answer several questions from Marysia. When she looked at him, … Continue reading American Stroke Month: NYC lawyer celebrates 10th anniversary of surviving a stroke by providing pro bono legal services to asylum seekers

Andrea, 26, and Maria Jesus, 27, are sisters who share a common dream: to become doctors and scientists who help people live long, healthy lives. Growing up as gifted students, the Vasquez sisters each began medical school as teenagers, but due to political and economic turmoil in their home country of Venezuela, their medical school … Continue reading Venezuelan-born sisters keep dream of becoming doctors alive: Helped by American Heart Association’s Hispanic Serving Institutions Scholars Program

If you would like to schedule an interview with an American Heart Association volunteer in New York City, please contact diego.ortizquintero@heart.org or mark.hurley@heart.org Continue reading 2022 National Wear Red Day NYC Media Sizzle Reel

Healthy eating linked to better heart structure and function among Latino adults David Flomenbaum, B.S., B.A., a medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York CityResearch Highlights: E-cigarette users face 15% higher risk of stroke at a younger age than traditional smokers Urvish K. Patel, M.D., M.P.H., research scholar and chief … Continue reading New York City Researchers Shine at 2021 Scientific Sessions

People often think that mental health is solely about how we feel, but mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It can effect how we think, feel and act. World Mental Health Day is on Sunday, October 10th and in honor of that day dedicated to raising awareness of mental health issues, the … Continue reading The Head-Heart Connection presented by NYU Langone Health