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HealthGrades: Common Causes of Heart Failure

Heart failure means your heart isn’t pumping as well as it should. It’s getting weaker. Your heart has trouble supplying the rest of your...

Jul 9, 20192 min read

HeartBrothers Receives 2019 Honorable Mention for “Excellence in Patient Engagement”

Firsthand Experience Inspires Friends to Help Others with Heart Failure by Hamid Mahdavy • June 19, 2019 Editor’s note: HeartBrothers...

Jul 2, 20194 min read

In The News: Organ Donor Day on Valentine’s Day

HeartBrother Hamid Madahvy joins New England Donor Services and Holyoke Mayor to spread the word about organ donation. Mayor Alex Morse...

Mar 21, 20191 min read

Living Kidney Donor Needed for Dennis Kaminski

Calling For Living Kidney Donors Our HeartBrother Needs Your Help Dennis Kaminski is currently at Massachusetts General Hospital, on...

Mar 23, 20184 min read

In The News: Skydiver Back in Air Following Heart Transplant

Frank Hewitt Skydives After His Heart Transplant A special meeting Monday in Vermont’s Addison County demonstrated the emotional power...

Mar 23, 20183 min read

Dad Hears Late Daughter’s Heart in Transplant Recipient

At the HeartBrothers, we are all eternally grateful to our donor families. Those who, through their tragedy and loss, gave us a second...

Mar 7, 20181 min read

Pediatric Transplant Survivor – Sam Long

Heart Failure Awareness Week – Tuesday During Heart Failure Awareness Week, we are reminded that we have fellow HeartBrothers throughout...

Feb 13, 20181 min read

HFSA Module 1 – Taking Control of Heart Failure

Heart Failure Awareness Week – Monday Taking control of heart failure Many people with heart failure lead normal, active lives. They do...

Feb 12, 20181 min read

Warning Signs of Heart Failure

Do you know the warning signs of heart failure? If you experience more than one of the following symptoms, you should be evaluated....

Feb 9, 20181 min read

Grateful Patients – Bob & Sandy Jovell

It always brightens our day to hear from a patient or family we’ve supported. …And especially during Heart Health Month. Grateful...

Feb 6, 20181 min read

NEWS: HeartBrother Larry Williams— "The Governor" Goes Home

Heart transplant patient who counseled others finally going home Produced By: WCVB-5 (ABC) Boston HeartBrothers Larry Williams – The...

Sep 9, 20172 min read

In The News: Donate Life Month

Worcester News Tonight (*HeartBrothers Co-Founder Bob Romer featured at 0:54.) WNT St. Vincent Hospital Organ Recipients – April 21st,...

Apr 25, 20171 min read

Faulty Gene Discovered that Could Lead to Heart Failure

The research, which was published in Nature Genetics, involved a large team of international collaborators, and was co-led by the Royal...

Dec 28, 20161 min read

HeartBrothers Interview

Bob and Pat were interviewed by Jimmy Young on the Proactive Business Network.

May 29, 20151 min read