News from the American Heart Association

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American Heart Association

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 4-Nov-2025 21:11 ET (5-Nov-2025 02:11 GMT/UTC)

15-Sep-2025

Target: BP initiative helps more than 10M adults with hypertension

American Heart Association
Business Announcement

Nearly half of U.S. adults — 122.4 million people — are living with high blood pressure (BP), a leading preventable risk factor for heart disease, stroke and premature death, according to the 2025 American Heart Association Statistical Update. 

15-Sep-2025

New initiative launched to improve care for people with certain types of heart failure

American Heart Association
Business Announcement

The American Heart Association’s IMPLEMENT-EF program aims to reduce gaps in patient care, establish best practices for treating heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction

15-Sep-2025

UCLA distinguished professor, CVD researcher to receive 2025 Basic Research Prize

American Heart Association
Grant and Award Announcement

Peter Tontonoz, M.D., Ph.D., the Frances and Albert Piansky Endowed Chair and distinguished professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and of biological chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), will receive the Basic Research Prize from the American Heart Association during its Scientific Sessions 2025. 

8-Sep-2025

Only 1 in 7 online health images show proper technique to accurately measure blood pressure

American Heart Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Only 1 in 7 online stock photo images of blood pressure monitoring correctly show how blood pressure should be measured, contributing to potentially inaccurate readings at home and in physicians’ offices, health care facilities or hospitals, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

Journal

Hypertension

7-Sep-2025

Higher blood pressure in childhood linked to earlier death from heart disease in adulthood

American Heart Association
Reports and Proceedings

Children who had higher blood pressure at age 7 were more likely to die early from cardiovascular disease by their mid-50s. The risk was highest for children whose blood pressure measurements were in the top 10% for their age, sex and height.

Meeting

American Heart Association’s Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2025