Tag: American Heart Association

American Heart Association and Elizabeth Elting Foundation Partner to Empower Young Women and Girls with STEM Goes Red Event

Stuart Mitchell

Liz Elting, Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation and advocate for women’s equality, will be joining forces with the American Heart Association to encourage and empower young women and girls interested in careers in science and technology with STEM Goes Red. The day-long event, to be held at the New York Academy of Sciences on April 20, will include an exciting panel discussion, hands-on speed mentoring, and a full-day of interactive activities allowing high school girls to explore STEM outside of the classroom. Science, technology, engineering, and math…

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JTV® Supports the American Heart Association® with ‘Love Your Heart’ Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

JTV (Jewelry Television) announced that it will once again join the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women® in February to support the fight against heart disease. The national jewelry retailer and broadcast network will promote a ‘Love Your Heart’ comprehensive campaign to increase awareness and educate viewers about the risks of heart disease and raise funds for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement. JTV is also making it easy for viewers to join the ‘Love Your Heart’ initiative, with opportunities to participate and show support for…

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Tobacco Companies Must Run Court-Ordered Ads Telling the Truth about Their Lethal Products

Stuart Mitchell

Starting Nov. 26, the major U.S. tobacco companies must run court-ordered newspaper and television advertisements that tell the American public the truth about the deadly consequences of smoking and secondhand smoke, as well as the companies’ intentional design of cigarettes to make them more addictive. The ads are the culmination of a long-running lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice filed against the tobacco companies in 1999. A federal court in 2006 ordered the tobacco companies to make these “corrective statements” after finding that they had violated civil racketeering laws (RICO)…

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New PSA Campaign Urges Americans to Bring High Blood Pressure Under Control

Stuart Mitchell

We covered this previously but this a lot more detailed, the American Heart Association (AHA), American Stroke Association (ASA), and the American Medical Association (AMA) have announced a new public service awareness (PSA) campaign in partnership with the Ad Council. The campaign seeks to raise awareness of the serious, life-altering consequences of uncontrolled high blood pressure, and motivate people to work with their doctor on developing and committing to a treatment plan to manage their blood pressure. Launched on the heels of a new guideline that means more people will…

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Visit Anaheim Launches Heart-to-Heart Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Visit Anaheim today unveiled “Heart-to-Heart,” a giveback campaign for the residents of Anaheim, providing CPR education and training for the city’s future. Visit Anaheim, in collaboration with the American Heart Association (AHA), Orange County Division, will work to equip Anaheim Union District High Schools with American Heart Association CPR in Schools Training Kits™ along with training provided by AHA to teach life-saving tactics to high school students. “Heart-to-Heart” is part of Visit Anaheim’s larger giveback efforts to positively impact the local Anaheim community. According to the Orange County Health Profile,…

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