american heart association

Heart Weekend is here in Central New York with the WIBX Heart radiothon and America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk.  Now, more than ever, the event is also happening on social media.  Here are some of the top tweets from Heart Weekend.

America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk Weekend is here. The "My Heart, My Life" Expo is taking place today at Utica College from 9:00 to 9:00. Tomorrow, 9,000 people are expected to take part in America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk. ...

2000s Research Milestones 2003: Dr. Peter Agre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins, proteins that govern the movement of water in and out of cells. Dr. Agre received American Heart Association Established Investigator funding from 1987-92...

1990s Research Milestones 1990: Dr. John Clements, an AHA Career Investigator since 1964, receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for an artificial surfactant called Exosurf Neonatal, which counteracts Respiratory Distress Syndrome, a common cause of death for premature infants...

1980s Research Milestones 1985: Drs. Joseph Goldstein and Michael Brown, sponsored by the AHA in 1972, 1973 and 1975, are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on the role of low-density lipoprotein receptors in controlling blood cholesterol levels...

1970s Research Milestones 1971: Dr. Earl Sutherland is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for identifying cyclic AMP as the intra-cellular messenger. In 1967 he had received a Career Investigatorship through the national research program...

Time is running out to join this year's America's Greatest Heart Run & Walk at Utica College.

1960s Research Milestones 1960: Dr. William Chardack reports surgery for a completely implanted pacemaker. He is funded by the Erie County Division of the New York State Affiliate. Dr. Albert Starr performs the first long-term successful mitral valve replacement with a caged ball valve, ushering in a new era of valve replacement. He ...

1950s Research Milestones 1956: Dr. Ancel Keys, supported by funding from the Minnesota Affiliate, first links dietary fat with cholesterol. This discovery spurs the AHA to assume a leading role in urging Americans to change their eating habits. ...

1940s Research Milestones 1948: Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, 1937 Nobel Prize recipient in Physiology or Medicine, receives the first AHA-supported research grant. The $25,000 grant covers equipment and staff salaries. Szent-Gyorgyi receives a second grant (for $10,000) in 1949...