The 12th Annual Summit of the NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium (NECC) took place last week, on October 26 and 27 at the Newport Marriott in Newport, Rhode Island. This year at the two-day cerebrovascular educational event hosted by the NECC in conjunction with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA), summit leaders introduced a new segment
Young people from across the state met with lawmakers Wednesday about the need to pass legislation to raise the sale age of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21 in Massachusetts. The students told lawmakers why the legislation is important to them and about the need to stem the tide of teenagers taking up smoking. Some spoke
BOSTON — On Wednesday, Oct. 25, youth from across the state will gather at the State House and hold a news conference to tell lawmakers why it’s important to them that legislation is passed this year to raise the sale age of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21 in Massachusetts. The event will happen at
BOSTON – The American Heart Association and the Aetna Foundation teamed up Friday to foster healthier minds and bodies by building Teaching Gardens at an elementary school in East Boston and an affordable housing development in Roxbury. The gardens at the Patrick J. Kennedy Elementary School will teach the school’s kindergarten through fifth-grade students how
“When I got my diagnosis, it woke everyone up.” Jazz singer Theresa “TC” Eckstein was devastated when she was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. Then 40, she was forced to go on disability and adjust to her new reality. In 2016, Eckstein, who lives in Westfield, Massachusetts, also found out that she had
Two weeks ago, Jeremy Woodward visited Tufts Medical Center in Boston with his wife and their three daughters. Ten years earlier, on August 4, 2007, Woodward was at that same hospital not knowing if he was ever going to leave. “The last time my wife, Brook, and I walked into this hospital, it was under
The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association have awarded five Community Impact Grants, totaling $125,000, to local non-profit organizations that are implementing heart-healthy, community-based programs aimed at reducing cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and their risk factors. The recipients for this year’s Community Impact Grants are: Baraka Community Wellness, Boston Medical Center, Fresh Truck,
BOSTON – The American Heart Association and the Aetna Foundation have teamed up to build healthier minds and bodies by building Teaching Gardens, together. The American Heart Association is pleased to announce that the Aetna Foundation will sponsor a two-year, multi-phase Teaching Gardens program in Boston and Hartford, Conn. The program will fund four Teaching
Members of the Northeast Health Equity Consortium (NHEC) gathered in New York City in April to celebrate their successful inaugural year and develop a framework for the coming year with a focus on addressing health inequities and disparities in eight states –Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. Co-chairs
Gov. Charlie Baker has included $1 million in funding for the Massachusetts Food Trust Program in the fiscal 2018 capital plan, expanding low income families’ access to healthy groceries. The Massachusetts Food Trust would provide loans, grants, and technical assistance to support new and expanded healthy food retailers and local food enterprises in low and