Last fall, Mellanie True Hills, founder of StopAfib.org, reached out to the atrial fibrillation patient community to ask, “What would you tell your healthcare providers about living with afib?” More than 1,000 of you provided thoughts for sharing with doctors attending her Opening Keynote speech at the Afib Main Event at the American Heart Association …
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As a member of the Alliance for Aging Research’s Senior Patient and Family Caregiver Network Advisory Council, we at StopAfib.org have the opportunity to nominate atrial fibrillation advocates to participate in a six-month research-advocacy training program to empower senior patients and family caregivers to engage in patient-centered outcomes research. Mellanie True Hills, CEO of StopAfib.org, …
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Our live chats with the Cleveland Clinic afib experts are always popular, so please join us for the next one on March 2, 2018. Irregular or abnormal heartbeats, called arrhythmias, occur when there are abnormal electrical impulses in your heart, causing your heart to beat too fast, too slow, or irregularly. Arrhythmias are very common …
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StopAfib.org partnered with the Cleveland Clinic to give you an opportunity to ask your atrial fibrillation questions of their experts Dr. Walid Saliba and Dr. Mandeep Bhargava along with StopAfib.org founder Mellanie True Hills. The transcript of this chat is now available and features a wealth of information organized by topic area. To access the …
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Andrea Natale, MD, the world-renowned electrophysiologist from Austin, received the esteemed Eric N. Prystowsky, MD Advocate for Patients award at StopAfib.org’s annual Get In Rhythm. Stay In Rhythm.® Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference in Dallas on August 4. To read more, see: Dr. Andrea Natale Receives Eric N. Prystowsky, MD Advocate for Patients Award from StopAfib.org
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On September 21st at 10:00am EST, The Economist Intelligence Unit, a division of The Economist, is hosting a webinar launching a report, “Preventing Stroke: Uneven Progress”, with their findings about where we are on stroke prevention in twenty countries. Mellanie True Hills, StopAfib.org founder, participated in this report. To learn more and register for the …
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In celebration of National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month, on September 12, Mellanie True Hills and Dr. John Day will do media interviews on TV stations across the US to raise awareness of atrial fibrillation. Get details and check the TV schedule at: Watch TV interviews across the US to celebrate National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
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The 2017 Get in Rhythm. Stay in Rhythm.™ Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference is officially in the books, and it was a resounding success! So much so that we want to make sure you have every opportunity to hear the important, up-to-the-minute information our all-star roster of afib experts shared during the three-day conference. We're offering …
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Have you ever wondered whether your lifestyle can affect your afib, and whether you could make changes that could prevent or slow the progression of afib? If so, we'd like to invite you to listen in on a no-cost webinar playback of my interview with renowned afib genetics expert Dr. Emelia Benjamin. Follow this link …
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Do you want—and/or need—to attend the Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference … but you’re having trouble swinging it, financially? We realize that the investment to attend the Get In Rhythm. Stay In Rhythm.™ Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference, especially when you consider travel expenses, may keep some people from attending, even though they want and need to. …
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