Saving American Hearts, Inc Blog

80-year-old survivor shares story about heart diseaseThe CDC says the leading cause of death in Louisiana is heart disease. Ochsner LSU Health in Monroe and ULM held an American Heart Association Hear …

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Doubling the survival rate: Hands-only CPR gaining awarenessHealth care professionals hope a lesser known technique for cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR will encourage more laypeople to get involv …

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Mother Waiting for a Heart Transplant Helps Others as a 'Go Red for Women' AmbassadorMother of two, Zuleyma Santos, is working with the American Heart Association to raise awareness about the dangers …

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Woman describes surviving sudden cardiac arrest at age 22: "It can happen at any time to anybody"Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women in the U.S. Each year, more than 350,000 out-o …

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Blood Pressure Crises Sending More Americans to the ERHospitalizations for dangerously high blood pressure more than doubled in the United States from 2002 to 2014, new research shows.This jump in hos …

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A routine checkup led him to fix a leaky heart valve before it became a problemWhen Randy Fritz went to his primary care physician for a checkup, he hadn't been to see his doctor in more than a decade …

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