The American Heart Association of Southern New England (AHA) is calling on women across Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts to share their stories of surviving heart disease or stroke for the Heart2Heart campaign. Several survivors will be selected to locally represent the Go Red for Women campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the leading
Eight little words saved Tia Emard’s life the day after Christmas last year. This July, those same words helped her husband, Jeremy. “I hope I’m not having a heart attack,” Tia texted to Jeremy. Those eight words would change her life forever. After hosting thirty people at their home over Christmas, Tia was feeling tired
By: Jane Gingerella of Westerly, RI Back in April of this year, I was staying in Florida with family when I noticed a strange sensation—a pressure on my chest. I saw my primary care physician down in Florida, who ordered an EKG. After finding only what she described as some insignificant skipping, she said she