The American Heart Association and Major League Baseball (MLB) brought cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training to the League’s annual Winter Meetings held in Dallas this week.

Representatives from 20 local Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) joined the American Heart Association and Tennessee Titans on Nov. 21 for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training at Brick Church Middle School in Nashville.

Progress in assessing cardiovascular risk and identifying early prevention opportunities, improvements in treating heart failure, new therapies for bleeding strokes, strategies for reducing the life-threatening risks of cardiogenic shock and a growing list of the wide-ranging benefits for anti-obesity medications were among the significant scientific research developments in the fight against heart disease and stroke that emerged in 2024. 

American Heart Association initiative aims to overcome gaps in care for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most common inherited heart disease

Female stroke survivors who were older or married were also more likely to report missing prescribed doses than men, finds new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association