There are 5 article(s) tagged American Heart Association-Mid-South:

• April 2021

  • Letter to the Editor: Bills favor vaping industry, not public health

    House Bill 705 and Senate Bill 1047 serve to protect the tobacco industry’s financial interests and stop our ability to take local action to protect our youth.

    By Letters to the Editor April 06, 2021

• February 2020

  • Germantown schools take CPR training to the next level

    American Heart Association data shows 45% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims survived when bystander CPR was administered.

    By Frank Lanigan February 09, 2020

  • Tiny new arrivals at St. Francis join Heart Association’s ‘Go Red’ campaign

    Congenital heart issues are the No. 1 birth defect in the U.S.

    By Jane Roberts February 08, 2020

• April 2019

  • Physician groups call for taxes, marketing policies on sugary drinks

    It's still common practice in the Mid-South to bring a cooler full of Gatorade or Capri Suns to a youth sporting event, but not for long if two large health groups have their say. 

    By Michelle Corbet April 17, 2019

• February 2019

  • Research advances infant heart surgery, mandatory screenings are saving lives

    Infant deaths from critical heart diseases have declined 33 percent in eight states where the American Heart Association was successful in passing laws to require mandatory testing for heart defects before newborns leave the hospital. 

    By Michelle Corbet February 07, 2019