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Sep 26, 20243 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: AUDREY LLOYD
A Second Chance at Life: Audrey’s Journey with Danon’s Disease and a Donor Heart Audrey’s journey with heart disease began early. At just...


May 8, 20242 min read
Webinar 1 Recap: Heart Failure and Travel with Dr. Camille Kotton
The 2024 HeartBrothers Webinar Series kicked off in April with the first webinar titled "Protect Yourself and Have Fun: Respiratory...


Feb 19, 20242 min read
Brad Woodruff: An Unexpected Face of Heart Failure
If you were looking for Brad Woodruff a decade ago, you would likely find him on the soccer or lacrosse fields at Union College. Woodruff...


Dec 12, 20233 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Michelle Keyes
For Michelle Keyes, Every Day Since Her Heart Transplant Has Been a Blessing December 12, 2023 If you ask Michelle Keyes about her...


Dec 8, 20231 min read
November’s Heart Failure Awareness Webinar: Heart Failure Comorbidities, Presented by Novartis
Heart Failure Awareness Fall Webinar on Heart Failure Comorbidities

Sep 2, 20231 min read
August Patient Support Group Recap: An inspiring meeting
August Patient Support Group Recap

Jun 21, 20232 min read
June Patient Support Group Recap: Exciting news, new medicines & hope
Big news kicked-off the HeartBrothers support group’s June meeting: one of the participants just passed the one-year post-heart...


Jun 16, 20232 min read
Survivor Story: Tommy Hardiman
Tommy Hardiman has always been on the move. Whether running his business, traveling with his wife, or hitting the golf course, he lives...


May 31, 20233 min read
HBF Heart Failure Awareness Webinar: End-stage Mitigation, Transplantation & Organ Donation
The latest webinar in the HeartBrothers Foundation’s Heart Failure Awareness Campaign featured Dr. Michael Givertz, director of the Heart...

May 22, 20232 min read
Support group for heart failure patients 'makes a big difference' for patients, loved ones
When HeartBrother Hamid Mahdavy went through his life-changing journey of undergoing a heart transplant back in 2016, he really needed to...


Mar 13, 20234 min read
MGH Cardiologist Shares Important Information about Heart Failure
Heart Failure Awareness Webinar Series: Part 1 Recap By Leigh Blander As part of its heart failure awareness campaign, the HeartBrothers...


Feb 21, 20232 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Mark Cibulski
After 2nd Heart Transplant, Mark Cibulski Is Ready To Play Ball... Mark Cibulski is training to take the field this baseball season, just...


Dec 14, 20221 min read
8th Annual Team Heartbrothers Symposium: A Great success
The HeartBrothers Foundation hosted its 8th Annual Team HeartBrothers Symposium December 7-8 in its first-ever hybrid format, with about...


Nov 11, 20223 min read
PATIENT SUPPORT GROUP: HEART FAILURE AND MENTAL HEALTH
The HeartBrothers' Patient Support Group recently heard from UMass Medical Center social worker Ellen Wells about how heart failure can...


Sep 16, 20223 min read
Patient Support Group: HEART FAILURE Patients Share Stories & Advice
From hospital rooms & living rooms across the east coast, Heart Failure patients tuned in for the HeartBrothers Patient Support Group


Mar 23, 20227 min read
NEWS: A fatal Crash & A Second Chance for Hamid Mahdavy
The Keene Sentinel By: Paul Cuno-Booth / Contributing Writer || Mar 5, 2022 After years of worsening heart disease, Mahdavy was so weak...
Mar 1, 20223 min read
Top Doctor Presents Important Heart Failure Updates
COVID Vaccines, Boosters, Masks & More At the latest HeartBrothers Patient Support Group, Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Camille...

Feb 22, 20222 min read
Social Security Administration: Blog Feature
HeartBrothers Spreading the Word About Compassionate Allowances February 17, 2022 • By Pat Sullivan, HeartBrothers Co-Founder People...


Jan 14, 20223 min read
Nutrition Tips Top HeartBrothers Patient Support Group Meeting
Heart failure patients and transplant survivors learned important nutrition tips at the HeartBrothers Patient Support Group meeting on...


Dec 21, 20214 min read
In The News: New Life for Donor Hearts Normally Deemed Off-Limits for Transplant
Early data on those looking outside traditional brain-dead donor pool Transmedics reporting good short-term clinical outcomes for DCD...
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