Dr. Nanette Wenger, the queen of hearts
Mar 4, 2024
Heart disease was once considered a man's disease. Dr. Nanette Wenger changed that. But the 93-year-old cardiologist says her work is not yet done.
History at Heart
American Heart Association News looks at what we've learned about heart and brain health over the past century, and what’s next.
At 97, AHA's first Black president looks back at his pioneering career
Feb 28, 2024
Dr. Edward Cooper's legacy includes upping the emphasis on stroke and inclusion with the American Heart Association – plus a family filled with doctors.
The presidential heart attack that changed America
Feb 15, 2024
President Dwight Eisenhower's crisis provoked panic, but it turned into a moment of national learning about heart health.
The slowly evolving truth about heart disease and women
Feb 9, 2024
For most of the 20th century, heart disease was considered a man’s disease. While research over the past several decades has shown it to be as big a threat – if not bigger – to women, prevention, diagnostic and treatment gaps remain.
From anthropology to civil rights, Dr. William Montague Cobb's influence went beyond medicine
Feb 8, 2024
Dr. William Montague Cobb died in 1990, but his legacy lives on in medicine, anthropology and the battle against racial disparities in health care.
Early keeper of heart disease data poured her heart into numbers – and baseball
Jan 24, 2024
A century ago, baseball-loving Jessamine Whitney authored the first statistical reports on heart disease mortality for the American Heart Association – by herself.