• July 21, 2008 - Communities Gather to Combat Cardiovascular Disease and Related Risk Factors
  
  
• July 21, 2008 - ABC receives $50,000 grant from Aetna and will host Atlanta's 100 most influential pastors at the ABC in August
  
  
• May 29, 2008 - Metro DC and National Business, Religious, and Political Leaders join the Association of Cardiologists to Address Cardiovascular Health and access to Health Care
  
  
• May 29, 2008 - Jackson Business, Religious, and Political Leaders join the Association of Cardiologists to Address Cardiovascular Health and access to Health Care
  
  
• May 6, 2008 - Harlem Leaders join the ABC to address Cardiovascular Health and access to Health Care
  
  
• Jan 30, 2008 - Spirit of the Heart: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease: A Community Call to Action
  
  
• Jan 30, 2008 - Office of Minority Health Signs Agreement with the ABC
  
  
• Jan 23, 2008 - ABC Comments on ENHANCE
  
  
• Oct 10, 2007 - 2007 Fall Newsletter Now Available
  
  
• July 6, 2007 - 2007 Spring Newsletter Now Available
  
  
• Dec 7, 2005 - ABC's Continuing Medical Education Program receives Exemplary Accreditation Status.
  
  
• July 1, 2005 - ABC launches new educational activity: Contemporary Management of the Metabolic Syndrome 2005: Implications for the Diabetic and Prediabetic Patient.
  
  
• June 24, 2005 - FDA Approval of BiDil Brings New Hope to Black Heart Failure Patients.
  
  
• June 15, 2005 - FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of Bidil® to Treat African American Heart Failure Patients.
  
  
• April 29, 2005 - New review article published in the Digest of Urban Cardiology confirms safety & efficacy of currently available statins.
  
  
• April 6, 2005 - New CDC study shows African Americans less likely than whites to receive drug-eluting stents (DES). View Article.
  
  
• Feb 28, 2005 - Distinguished Faculty to Address Cardiovascular Issues at the Association of Black Cardiologists’ 18th Annual Scientific Sessions. View Article
  
  
• Nov 8, 2004 - (A-HeFT) Latest Updates on the African American Heart Failure Trial published in the ABC Nov Digest. View Article.
  
  
• Nov 8, 2004 - (ARIES) Association of Black Cardiologists makes important Contribution to Pivotal Study on Statins in African Americans. View Article.
  
  
• Nov 8, 2004 - (A-HeFT) First Heart Failure Study in African Americans shows 43% Improvement in Survival. View Article.
  
  
• Oct 16, 2004 - (A-HeFT) ABC Publishes Manuscript on Cardiovascular Diseases in African Americans.
  

ABC Members in the News

• Congratulations! Dr. Keith Ferdinand was quoted in an article written on hypertension in the 28 Nov 2004 issue of Time Magazine. View Article.
  
  
• The Spring 2004 issues of the Atlanta Business Journal features a profile of ABC CEO B. Waine Kong, PhD, JD.
  
  
• The May 10, 2004 issue of Newsweek magazine features a special section on Women's Health. ABC Board member Donna Mendes, M.D. is featured in the section.
  
  
• The May 2004 issue of Black Enterprise magazine features a major article on heart disease in the African American community.
  
  

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