American Heart Association Announces Comprehensive MediaRoom Website For Journalists

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Tue Aug 5, 2008 12:41pm EDT 

American Heart Association Announces Comprehensive MediaRoom Website For
Journalists

The American Heart Association today reaffirmed its commitment to provide
journalists with accurate and up-to-date information by adding a comprehensive
MediaRoom to its website, www.americanheart.mediaroom.com.  Journalists
seeking journal news releases, statistics and scientific conference dates from
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association can access the
information quickly.

The American Heart Association's MediaRoom now includes, RSS feed, up-to-date
contact information, a cardiovascular library with illustration animations of
disease conditions, podcasts, video news releases, AHA/ASA Initiatives and
Programs, fact sheets, downloadable scientific conferences registration
documents, and a calendar of upcoming events and scientific conferences. 

In addition, media can apply for privileges to a new embargoed
password-protected newsroom, for early access to association news. However,
credentials must be submitted.

For more information on The American Heart Association, visit
http://www.americanheart.mediaroom.com.

About the American Heart Association

Founded in 1924, the American Heart Association today is the nation's oldest
and largest voluntary health organization dedicated to building healthier
lives, free of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, America's No. 1 and
No. 3 killers, and all other cardiovascular diseases claim nearly 870,000
lives a year. In fiscal year 2006-07 the association invested more than $554
million in research, professional and public education, advocacy and community
service programs to help all Americans live longer, healthier lives. To learn
more, call 1-800-AHA-USA1 or visit http://www.americanheart.org.

About the American Stroke Association

The goal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart
Association, is to reduce disability and death from stroke through research,
education and advocacy. In its 2006-07 fiscal year, the association invested
more than $152 million to fight stroke. To learn more, call 1-888-4STROKE or
visit http://www.strokeassociation.org. 

CONTACT: Wynette Randolph of the American Heart Association, +1-214-706-1173

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SOURCE  American Heart Association
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