Today’s more than 100 sixth-grade students from Robert Fulton Elementary School in North Bergen, New Jersey participated in today’s NFL PLAY 60 event at North Bergen Recreation Center, where New York Giants quarterback Jameis Winston joined in a series of interactive drills, supported by USA Football, designed to make movement engaging and accessible. 

The American Heart Association announces a new effort with the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) designed to advance emergency cardiovascular and resuscitative care.

 Drinking fruit juice and sugar-sweetened beverages from childhood through adulthood may be linked to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure as an adult, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.

Smartphone apps, fitness trackers and wearable devices help people with heart disease get more physical activity in their daily lives, according to an analysis of previous research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

Nearly 7 million people in the United States are living with heart failure, and that number is expected to grow in the years ahead. Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes, obesity and insulin resistance often overlap, increasing the risk of progression to heart failure, sometimes for years before symptoms appear. To help primary care professionals recognize risk earlier and support patients before disease progresses, the American Heart Association launched Primary Care Perspectives.