About three in four people with a first stroke have high blood pressure. Know your numbers.
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To rehabilitate a stroke patient, new guidelines say it takes a village.
Read more about rehab guidelines
Lea más sobre las pautas de rehabilitación
With love in your heart, make something that will be healthy for hers.
Read and watch how to make a Mother’s Day recipe
Expert defends heart disease and stroke ‘risk calculator’ after study questions its accuracy.
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"Have you considered a low fat slop?"
Read more Hearty Humor by Jonny Hawkins
A history of the LVAD
The past, present and future of the device keeping Carew & thousands of heart failure patients alive.
Read the latest in the Heart of 29 series
Paralyzed one minute, knuckle-bumping the next
May is American Stroke Month, and this surfer’s story shows the amazing progress made.
Read AHA CEO Nancy Brown’s latest column
Researchers evaluating HIV’s hidden heart threats.
Read more about HIV and heart disease
Choctaw Nation princess Mandy Steele collapsed one year ago during a half marathon. This month, she completed a 5K on the same course where her heart stopped.
Read Mandy Steele’s story
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