The American Heart Association offers suggestions to stay happy and healthy throughout the busy holiday season.   The holidays are a time for celebrating with family and friends, but often stress inhibits our abilities to enjoy the holiday season. From shopping to cooking to events, we are often packing our schedules while forgetting about our health. A report in the [...]

  Let’s Unite! Men and women from across Long Island will be getting all their red outfits and accessories ready for the American Heart Association’s 18th Annual Long Island Go Red for Women Luncheon. Heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 5 causes of death of Long Island women. For more than a decade, women have been [...]

American Heart Association/American Stroke Association invites Long Island to join Together to End Stroke®   During American Stroke Month, May, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association encourages Long Island residents to join together to end the leading cause of death in New York. Despite striking more than 7 million adults in the United States annually and being a leading cause [...]

Summer is fast approaching and the Hamptons are the place to be this event season. An event that will once again stand out this summer is the American Heart Association’s 22nd Annual Hamptons Heart Ball. This incredibly anticipated event will be taking place at the Southampton Arts Center in Southampton, NY on Saturday, June 23, 2018. This year, the Heart [...]

The American Heart Association’s Healthy For Good™ challenges all people to move more and live more Staying active is a no-brainer when it comes to improving how you look and feel, yet according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 56.1% percent of New York State adults are getting the recommended amount of aerobic physical activity. This month [...]

Share as many of the following social media messages as you can to promote American Heart Association National MOVE MORE Month and National MOVE MORE Day on April 4. You can share posts from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association New York’s page at Facebook.com/AHANewYork or RT us on Twitter @HeartLongIsland.  Also, follow us on Instagram @AHANewYork. Tagging [...]

Caitlin O’Brien, the government relations director for New York, brings us an update on the New York state budget, and how it affects the policies and programs we need to help all New Yorkers fight heart disease and stroke. The Assembly and Senate have proposed their one-house budget bills which lay out the policies and legislation they hope to see [...]

Get Ready To Rock on Thursday, April 26th The American Heart Association’s Long Island Annual Heart & Stroke Ball will be celebrating its 55th year on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at the Garden City Hotel with a Rock n Roll theme. The Long Island Heart & Stroke Ball is an annual social event held to celebrate outstanding accomplishments of individuals [...]

A crowd of over 900 Long Islanders attended the 17th Annual Long Island Go Red For Women Luncheon on Wednesday, February 28, 2018. The sea of red could be seen throughout all the rooms at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.   This year’s Luncheon honored The Women of SterlingRisk, and Doug DeShutter, President, Customer Communications, Broadridge. Charlotte Biblow, [...]

Nutrition is a key, evidence-based part of our work at the American Heart Association to reduce the grip of cardiovascular disease on our nation, and is one of our Life’s Simple 7 (eat better). Healthy eating is one of the most important things you can do for your body. A healthy diet and lifestyle are your best weapons in the [...]