In Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kids are Teaching Kids What to Do in Medical Emergencies Through Harpers Heart Heroes; Statewide Campaign Launched

There is a cardiac arrest every second in the United States.  Ninety percent of people who have a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital do not survive.  If CPR is started right away, survival rates increase to forty percent. Over the past few years there has been an increase in the number of high school students who are learning how to do CPR.  However, there is no training program for elementary age children.  Most of these kids do not know how to tell if someone is unresponsive and may not…

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Maria Shriver’s Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement Awards Seven Grants To Accelerate Gender-Based Research In Alzheimer’s Disease

The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement™ (WAM) is proud to announce today that it has awarded seven research grants to leading scientific institutions actively seeking to understand why Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects more women than men. This year’s grants bring WAM’s research funding total to $1.5 million in just three years since the program began. In addition to expanding studies already underway, this year’s grants will also fund promising and innovative new science at several of the nation’s leading research institutions. The 2018 WAM grant recipients include: Center for Innovation in Brain…

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