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Arrhythmia Alliance Educates Individuals on the Risks of Heart Rhythm Disorders for World Heart Day 2018
September 20, 2018: World Heart Day is a global campaign to raise awareness of heart health and Arrhythmia Alliance is urging everyone to Know Your Pulse to know your heart rhythm.
1 in 2 people will faint at some time in their life - ALLIANCE WORLD HEART RHYTHM WEEK 4 - 10 JUNE 2018
4 June 2018, Oxfordshire STARS (Syncope Trust And Reflex anoxic Seizures) is celebrating its 25th anniversary and will be raising awareness of the link between fainting and arrhythmias (heart rhythm disorders) during the Arrhythmia Alliance World Heart Rhythm Week.
ARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE WORLD HEART RHYTHM WEEK 4 - 10 JUNE 2018 - STARS
6.1 million Americans at risk of deadly stroke due to an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation
Free Pulse Checks for Londoners during Global AF Awareness Week
More than 150,0000 Londoners have the most common type of irregular heartbeat, which is called Atrial Fibrillation or AF, and are at higher risk of a stroke. Not everyone with AF has symptoms and a simple pulse rhythm check could save their life.
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Arrhythmia Alliance Takes NYC
Arrhythmia Alliance held its first National Know Your Pulse event in Times Square, New York.
Airport runway contract approved
The city of Hardeeville will purchase eight AED’s (automated external defibrillator) from the proceeds of the city’s fundraising 5K Run/Walk (Hardeeville Fun Run for a cause), which was held Aug. 19, according to City Manager Michael Czymbor.
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ARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE AND FIRST SCOTS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BEAUFORT PLACE FIRST DEFIBRILLATOR AT HOLY TRINITY CLASSICAL SCHOOL
Arrhythmia Alliance and First Scots Presbyterian Church of Beaufort Place First Defibrillator at Holy Trinity Classical School
Arrhythmia Alliance & City of Hardeeville Thanks Sponsors For Successful Fundraising Event for First Responders
Hilton Head, SC – August 31, 2017 – On Saturday, August 19, 2017, Arrhythmia Alliance and the City of Hardeeville hosted their first annual Fun Run for a Cause 5K and 1 mile Race. The purpose of this event was to raise funds for new automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to be placed in The City of Hardeeville’s police vehicles.
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Wearable Technology: Safeguards will help boost sales
This month Apple claimed that its much-feted, but reportedly under-selling, Apple Watch had saved lives. In one case a 62-year-old builder felt terrible after lunch. His watch had revealed an abnormally high pulse and he called an ambulance. Doctors were said to have told him that he might have died if he had gone straight home. This is a good news story, but medical specialists fear that it may create a misleading impression about the accuracy of personal pulse checkers in hand-held monitors and smartphones.
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