by ForHearts Worldwide | May 31, 2024 | Cardiology Care, Heart Health
World No Tobacco Day 2024 is Friday, May 31. Created by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1987 as “a world no-smoking day,” the now-annual awareness day is recognized to “draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it...
by ForHearts Worldwide | Apr 19, 2024 | Cardiology Care, Heart Health, Pacemaker Care
Just like your smartphone is a hand-held computer, today’s pacemakers are like having a mini-computer in your chest. And like that smartphone, pacemakers are battery-powered devices that receive remote programming and software updates. Eventually, they need...
by ForHearts Worldwide | Apr 8, 2024 | A Night ForHearts, Donate, Support our Mission
40 years of providing hearts in need around the world with life-saving pacemakers is a feat worth celebrating in a big way. That is why we will be popping the champagne and “puttin’ on the Ritz” at our A Night ForHearts Gatsby Gala on Saturday, April 13, at The Vault...
by ForHearts Worldwide | Mar 25, 2024 | corporate sponsor, Donate, GivingTuesday, Support our Mission
Since 1984, the ForHearts mission to provide implantable cardiovascular devices for people in need in developing countries around the world has saved 17,000 lives, and counting! It takes a global community to make a mission this big a reality, and a big part of this...
by ForHearts Worldwide | Mar 20, 2024 | Cardiology Care, Heart Health, Pacemaker Care
A pacemaker can help those suffering from heart rhythm issues to live their life to the fullest. The most common reason for a pacemaker is arrhythmia, meaning the heart has an abnormal rhythm. Approximately one in 18 people, or 5 percent of the U.S. population has an...
