The British Heart Foundation is the nation’s heart charity, dedicated to saving lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information. We rely on your donations of time and money to continue our life-saving work. Because together we can beat heart disease. See similar questions...

Answer: The Irish Heart Foundation and the American Heart Association strongly supports having AEDs in public areas such as sports arenas, office complexes, schools, doctors' offices, shopping centres, golf courses, airports, and other public places. The AHA also advocates that all police and fire and rescue vehicles be equipped with an AED. See similar questions...

The Foundation's newsletter is published five times a year, providing a forum for people with alopecia areata and their friends and families to interact and receive the latest information on all aspects of the disease. It enables people with alopecia areata to speak out about the problems associated with the disease and how to deal with them. See similar questions...

The Foundation sponsors volunteer support groups all over the world as well as telephone support contacts. These groups offer people with alopecia areata a chance to share feelings, experiences, and solutions to coping with the disease. Each group has a leader who has alopecia areata or is closely associated with someone who does. Support groups further the Foundation's goal of research, emotional support, and public awareness. See similar questions...

A handbook on alopecia areata for use by mental health professionals and volunteers who provide emotional support to those coping with this disease. A nine-minute video/dvd, “Alopecia Areata: Why My Hair Falls Out” that is available to any children who need a way to share their feelings about alopecia areata with friends, family, peers, schoolmates, principals and teachers See similar questions...

The Foundation coordinates fundraising activities through a style of fundraising that is decentralized with centralized coordination, with directors of development serving each of the SIUE schools and college, and some major units. See similar questions...

Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in all parts of the body. When there is too much cholesterol in your blood, cholesterol can build up on the walls of your arteries and cause blood clots. Cholesterol can clog your arteries and keep your heart from getting the blood it needs. This can cause a heart attack. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is often called the "bad" type of cholesterol because it can clog the arteries that carry blood to your heart. For LDL, lower numbers are better. See similar questions...

Typically, the earliest symptoms of coronary artery disease (CAD) are chest pain, also called angina, and shortness of breath with exertion. Other symptoms of coronary artery disease include a fast heartbeat, weakness, dizziness, nausea, and increased perspiration. Heart attack symptoms in men and women often differ. Men usually have the typical type of chest pain that feels like squeezing or pressure. But the pain is more severe than usual and does not go away with rest. See similar questions...

Each year millions of people participate in Heart Walks around the country. Each walker is asked to raise money from friends and family, coworkers, business acquaintances, association members, etc. The money that is raised each year will be used to fund the valuable research, education and advocacy efforts of the American Heart Association. See similar questions...

When the human body is first exposed to microgravity, blood shifts from the lower body towards the heart and head in what is called a headward fluid shift. This initially causes the central venous pressure to drop and the heart to temporarily enlarge, but as soon as the body senses what it interprets as an increase in total blood volume, it works to eliminate the excess fluid via urination. See similar questions...

enlarged heart means the heart is larger than normal because of heredity or disorders and diseases such as obesity, high blood pressure, and viral illnesses. Sometimes doctors do not know what makes the heart enlarge. See similar questions...

Canadians were asking us for help in identifying healthy food products, especially in processed foods where the choices are harder, and told us the tools that were available were too confusing or insufficient to meet their needs. The Foundation chose to take a leadership role in developing Health Check as Canada's only independent third party symbol based on programs that were being run successfully by Heart Foundations in other countries. See similar questions...

Yes. Consumers tell us that they are still confused and need to help to make healthy choices, especially among processed foods. We believe that one national program based on the same principles as Health Check including science-based, transparent and objective criteria, would be a better approach. With one national program, only one standard set of criteria would be used and consumers could compare products more easily. See similar questions...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in New Zealand, causing more than 10,000 deaths annually. The Heart Foundation aims to reduce suffering and early death from diseases of the heart and circulation through heart research, rehabilitation, heart health promotion and education programmes such as JRFH. See similar questions...

The Heart and Stroke Foundation warns the public to be wary of a diet claiming to be the Heart and Stroke Foundation diet. This is a 'fad' diet that is neither endorsed nor developed by the Foundation. This diet may be referred to under a number of names, such as, The Heart diet, The Heart Foundation diet, or The American Heart Association diet. 'Fad' diets often provide unrealistic menus or suggest the diet be followed for a specific length of time. See similar questions...

A general definition of a foundation is “a basis on which a thing stands or is supported.” In essence, the SIUE Foundation, then, helps support SIUE through additional resources that have been given to, or raised on behalf of, SIUE. See similar questions...

Raises funds and awards research grants to study the cause of alopecia areata, to develop effective treatments, and to seek a cure. Provides emotional support through personal contact and written materials to help those with alopecia areata and their families. Co-sponsors International Research Workshops on alopecia areata with the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). See similar questions...

The Foundation Fighting Blindness supports extensive multidisciplinary research programs at a number of major medical centers in the United States and Europe in an effort to find causes, prevention, and possible treatment for retinal degenerative diseases, including RP, Usher syndrome, and macular degeneration. See similar questions...

Gap Foundation makes significant contributions through strategic partnerships with select community organizations in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and headquarters locations in Canada and the U.K. In the developing world, we achieve a long-term, meaningful impact by supporting organizations in our vendor communities. See similar questions...

The late Senator Paul Simon (D-Ill.) believed that a more internationally educated citizenry would make the United States "more understanding of the rest of the world" and create "a base of public opinion that would encourage responsible action." His vision to open wide the doors to study abroad for all U.S. See similar questions...