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DALLAS, Feb. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teaching Gardens founder Kelly Chapman Meyer, the American Heart Association and The California Endowment featured a Teaching Garden at the world premiere of...

Study Highlights: Women who developed pregnancy-related hypertension (preeclampsia) or diabetes were at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) later in life. Preeclampsia was...

Study Highlights: Stroke-related language impairment, a condition called aphasia, costs an average $1,703 per patient more than the cost of stroke alone one year after stroke. Aphasia...

Statement Highlights: Peripheral artery disease, or PAD, can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, yet is often unrecognized and untreated in women. Healthcare providers should...

DALLAS, Feb. 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than six million American adults suffer from heart failure. But, while the prevalence of this disease has increased over time, there are signs that...

DALLAS, Feb. 9, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Heart Association is kicking off an online School Challenge to encourage teens and tweens to learn the simple steps to save lives with CPR. From...

DALLAS, Feb. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has been compiling an annual list of the major advances in heart disease and stroke research since...

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NOTE ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL. ALL TIPS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL THE TIME OF PRESENTATION OR 3 P.M. CT/4 P.M. ET EACH DAY, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. For more...

Study Highlights: Combining the anti-blood clot medicine clopidogrel (Plavix) with aspirin is unlikely to prevent recurrent small subcortical strokes, which are caused by blood clots deep in...

Study Highlights: A new drug, AX200, which produced improvement in an earlier small clinical trial, didn't improve disability among stroke patients when begun within nine hours of the onset of...