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- Mar 23, 2022
- 7 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
Social Security Administration: Blog Feature
HeartBrothers Spreading the Word About Compassionate Allowances February 17, 2022 • By Pat Sullivan, HeartBrothers Co-Founder That’s why...
- Jan 14, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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...
- Dec 12, 2021
- 4 min
At HeartBrothers Foundation Annual Symposium, Experts Look to the Future
HeartBrothers Foundation hosted its annual symposium on Dec. 2, featuring top doctors and experts who shared important new details in...
- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
HeartBrothers Foundation Launches Virtual Patient Support Group
A ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’ for transplant patients The HeartBrothers Foundation recently hosted its first Patient Support Group,...
- Dec 10, 2021
- 2 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Tina Foster
“You Have to Keep the Faith” Just a few months after noticing shortness of breath and swelling in her legs, Tina Foster was told she...
- Dec 10, 2021
- 2 min
HeartBrothers Spreading Word About Compassionate Allowances
People diagnosed with heart failure face a challenging and frightening health journey—and the last thing they should have to worry about...
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
HeartBrothers House One Year ANNIVERSARY
Helping Families of Patients with Heart Failure BOSTON, MA – Nov. 3, 2021 – The HeartBrothers House, which offers heart failure patients...
- Oct 22, 2021
- 5 min
In The News: HeartBrother Tom Bull’s namesake beer The Bull helps fund the HeartBrothers House
We invite you to read about our HeartBrother Tom Bull and his namesake beer The Bull (from Foundation Brewing). A portion of all beer...
- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
Delta Variant Surge & COVID-19 Booster Shots for Transplant Patients
The HeartBrothers Foundation talks in-depth about COVID-19 booster shots, the Delta Variant surge, and how heart transplant patients can...
- Sep 14, 2021
- 9 min
In The News: Cytokinetics Announces Results from Redwood-HCM and Galactic-HF Clinical Trials
Findings Presented in Late-Breaking Session at the HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting Full Results from REDWOOD-HCM Demonstrate Improvements...
- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Ed Sarno
Cancer and Heart Transplant Survivor Gives Back with HeartBrothers House: ‘You’ve got to be a fighter’...
- Sep 9, 2021
- 4 min
In The News: TransMedics Receives FDA Approval for OCS Heart System
Approval Enables Broader Utilization of Donor Hearts for Transplantation in the U.S. ANDOVER, Mass., Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ —...
- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
In The News: Fox25 – COVID vaccination clinic helps combat Delta variant
The third COVID shot improves immunocompromised people’s response to their initial vaccine series. FOX25 NEWS, BOSTON | Aug 25, 2021 Our...
- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
HeartBrothers House a ‘Miracle’ for Heart Transplant Patients, Families
The HeartBrothers wrap their 2021 Spring Webinar Series with a focus on the HeartBrothers House “There have been so many miracles in my...
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
SURVIVOR STORY: Hamid Mahdavy
Name: Hamid Mahdavy Location: Wilbraham, MA (The Berkshires) Diagnosis: Left Ventricular...
- May 21, 2021
- 2 min
New Organ Care System is Revolutionizing Transplants and Saving Lives
New Organ Care System is Revolutionizing Transplants and Saving Lives Glenn Rockwood expected a long, frightening wait for a new heart;...
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