American Heart Association

Congress passes $1 trillion spending bill

BY AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS

Congress on Friday passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill that will fund the federal government through next September. The bill included much-needed support for programs critical to heart disease and stroke, while weakening or eliminating others.

The bill now goes to President Obama, who has said […]

December 18th, 2015|Categories: Heart Disease, Patients, Physical Activity, Precision Medicine, Prevention, Stroke||Comments Off on Congress passes $1 trillion spending bill
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How food and genes interact to influence heart disease

BY AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS

Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of stories explaining how the scientific research underway in the Cardiovascular Genome-Phenome Study can save and improve lives.

There’s not much mystery behind the relationship between your jeans and the foods you eat. But what about […]

December 1st, 2015|Categories: Precision Medicine, Prevention, Research|Tags: , , |1 Comment
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New era of Precision Medicine closer to reality

BY AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS

The end of Daylight Savings Time was a sleep disrupter. Body clocks had to adjust.

How’d it go for you? What happened to your sleep rhythms? Did you have other health ramifications?

Sensors and other technological advances can generate such raw data and a new era is […]

November 9th, 2015|Categories: Precision Medicine, Research, Scientific Sessions 2015|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on New era of Precision Medicine closer to reality
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