The Cheryl W. Snead Servant Leadership Award  About Cheryl Watkins Snead Cheryl Watkins Snead was a beloved and successful businesswoman, community leader, mentor, and a compassionate and passionate servant leader. Her dynamic, trailblazing spirit and infectious smile had the innate ability to lift-up those around her while maintaining the ambitious and energetic focus of a

By American Heart Association News This is the year you’ve vowed to lose weight. You step on the scale to mark the starting point toward your goal. Now how often should you hop back on to check your progress? The answer isn’t always so simple. Perhaps every day, perhaps every week, with the qualifier that

  By The American Heart Association News  December is a time for hosting relatives, going to holiday parties and possibly overindulging in food and drink. Mix in year-end work deadlines and other pressures, and it can be a recipe for stress and health problems. But it doesn’t have to be. Making healthy choices may lower

By American Heart Association News The benefits of the cholesterol-lowering medicine called statins far outweigh any risk of side effects, according to a new analysis of decades of scientific research. In fact, side effects of statins are rare, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published Monday in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.

A new American Heart Association video spotlights the crucial role of bystander CPR among women in light of research findings that show gender disparities in bystander CPR response in public. The powerful video, produced by the American Heart Association, the leading voluntary health organization devoted to a world of longer, healthier lives, in conjunction with

  Getting an annual flu shot can save heart failure patients’ lives, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.  Flu season usually begins in the fall and runs through the spring, with cases often peaking during the winter months. Annual flu vaccination is regarded as a safe, low-cost way to reduce

People who live in leafy, green neighborhoods may have a lower risk of developing heart disease and strokes, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. In this study, the first of its kind, researchers from the University of

Perched 1,063 feet tall, the Eiffel Tower offers some of the most breathtaking views that Paris has to offer. For Michelle Clark, the new Go Red for Women Director for the Southern New England American Heart Association, the views were literally a gift. “I spent my 40th birthday at the top of the Eiffel Tower,”

The American Heart Association, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) and the Rhode Island Foundation are happy to announce the Rhode Island PE & Me Contest. The contest invites all students from across Rhode Island in grades K-5 to design a postcard that shows what they love about physical education (PE) in

  Thirteen years ago, Junior Jabbie started his professional career as an intern at Banneker Industries, then headquartered in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Today he is the President and CEO of the multi-million-dollar business now headquartered in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. They have locations that span across Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Alabama, and California. And he’s intent