November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Heart disease and stroke are the number one causes of death and disability among people with type 2 diabetes.Get more information about the critical connection between type 2 diabetes and your heart. Enroll in The Heart of Diabetes for tips, tools and a free cookbook.It only takes a few minutes to change your life.

Wednesday, November 4 is Start! Eating Healthy Day
It's a time to pay a little extra attention to food choices and make any dietary changes appropriate to form heart-healthy eating habits. Designed as a workplace-based walking program, Start! encourages companies to urge their employees to walk during the business day. Start! Eating Healthy Day adds another dimension to the initiative.In a nation where being overweight or obese has reached an epidemic level, it's necessary to start somewhere to improve cardiovascular health. Start! Eating Healthy Day is a good beginning.

Calorie Counts on Menus Making a Difference
The New York City Department of Health just released new data showing that people who used calorie information on fast-food restaurant menus ordered on average 106 fewer calories for their lunch.This story appeared in USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2009-10-26-calories-on-the-menu_N.htm.

October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month - Take Action to Save Lives
October is many things. It's the month we honor Christopher Columbus, the month we dress up and ask that age old question, "trick or treat" but it is also Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness month. So what does that mean?It means we have a chance to raise awareness about a condition that affects approximately 166,000 Americans each year. It is an opportunity to advocate for a simple device and some basic training to make a difference to the 95% of people who suffer from sudden cardiac arrest and do not make it to medical treatment in time.The

New Study: Evidence Shows Heart Attack Rate Decreases with Smoking Bans
A report released today by the Institute of Medicine provides strong evidence that smoke-free laws reduce the risks of heart attacks and other acute cardiac events. Good news that AHA’s efforts to pass smoke-free laws are making a difference! Read more here!