A team of emergency medical services instructors in Boston started a petition to convince the American Heart Association to improve gender inclusivity in its education guidelines.
BU Professor Traci Hong, a media science professor, was recently appointed to the executive board for Go Red for Women, which focuses on raising awareness of the risk of heart disease among women.
Boston University professor Emelia Benjamin received two awards from the American Heart Association Wednesday recognizing her research in clinical cardiology that has helped lessen the risks that are associated with an abnormal heart rhythm.
The United States Food and Drug Administration is expediting the release of a final rule requiring graphic warnings on cigarette packs and advertisements after a Massachusetts federal judge ruled that the agency “unreasonably delayed” compliance with the 2009 federal mandate requiring the warnings.
