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Angry Birds

Rovio took the world by storm in 2009 with Angry Birds, an international mobile game phenomenon that quickly became the most downloaded game of all time. Over the years, Angry Birds has seen rapid growth and evolved into an entertainment...




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PMIndia.gov

The official website of Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India.




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The National Puerto Rican Day Parade

The National Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC is the largest parade in the country.




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The Undefeated

The Undefeated is a digital publication from ESPN exploring the intersections of race, sports and culture.




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The Obama Foundation

The Obama Foundation was established in January 2014 to “carry on the great, unfinished project of renewal and global progress.” In the near future, the Foundation will oversee the design and construction of the Obama Presidential Center.




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Silversun Pickups

Official website of recording artist Silversun Pickups. This site for one of USA’s leading alternative rock bands, receives high weekly traffic from all over the world and looks great while doing it.




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Rock My Wedding

Rock My Wedding (RMW), part of the Rock My Ltd. group, which includes Rock My Family and Rock My Style, is the UK’s leading influential brand in the wedding industry. The biggest wedding blog and planning resource in the UK,...




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The Pioneer Woman

Ann Marie “Ree” Drummond is an award-winning American blogger, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, food writer, photographer and television personality who lives on a working ranch outside of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. In February 2010, she was listed as No. 22 on...




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The City University of New York

The City University of New York (CUNY) is the public university system of New York City, and the largest urban university in the United States.




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Gulf Coast Adoptions

As adoptive parents ourselves we wanted to find a way to help others through this journey. Both on the birthmother side and the parent’s side. It is not easy. SO we created a business and website to offer these services.




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Unicef UK

Unicef is the world’s leading organisation working for children in danger. Make a donation, fundraise or campaign – help us keep children safe.




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Urban Southern

Urban Southern creates handcrafted, honest leather bags that simply fit your everyday. Made in the southern U.S.A. from full grain, locally tanned saddle leather.




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Global News

Global News is the news and current affairs division of Global Television Network in Canada, overseeing all local and national news programming on the network’s twelve owned-and-operated stations.




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Lawson Bates

Country Music artist website for Lawson Bates. Lawson released his first full country album in fall 2016; which featured some of Nashville’s top artists and musicians. He wrote and co-wrote eight of the twelve songs on the album. Lawson also...




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Network Rail

Network Rail owns and operates the entire railway infrastructure in the United Kingdom, managing 18 of the largest stations in England, Scotland and Wales. Network Rail delivers 4.5 million journeys a day for its customers, managing rail timetabling by working...




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Gab Now

A non-profit anti-bullying website designed by Dean Voss, Wildstylez Website Design Studio. The modern, upscale design puts a positive spin on the bullying epidemic by offering events, services and programs for children, teens, adults and schools.




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Capgemini

Moving from Drupal 7 to WordPress made sense for a business user like Capgemini, freeing up much of the technical overhead and complexity surrounding content publishing and more. Human Made helped Capgemini enable a new digital culture of creation with...




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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture. Why it’s in the Showcase: It was recently highlighted in a case study published by the Make.WordPress.org Marketing team.




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Hodge Bank

Hodge Bank is a well-established UK savings and commercial lending bank, who run a number of websites on WordPress. The main bank website, produced by Illustrate Digital, is a security-conscious tool to help customers explore financial products and provide access...




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Ladybird Education

The Ladybird Education site, produced by Illustrate Digital, is an international resource of teaching materials to help school children learn English. The large library of Ladybird books can each be unlocked to access more teaching resources and eBook versions of...




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Patient groups applaud Supreme Court’s decision to take up health care case

Washington, D.C.—March 2, 2020— Patient and health advocacy groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions are applauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments in the case of Texas v. United States this term. The...




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USDA moves to ensure students receive meals during school closures

American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown issued the following statement today following the announcement by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue at a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee that USDA would take steps to give states more...




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Nonprofit sector urges Congress to include “Nonprofit Track” in CARES Act 2.0

April 8—The nation’s nonprofits are on the frontlines in our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, working tirelessly to serve the people who need our services despite facing challenging circumstances within our own organizations. If we are to...




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Diagnosing and treating resistant hypertension

Statement Highlight: Resistant blood pressure affects 12 percent to 15 percent of people currently being treated for high blood pressure.




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Updated cholesterol guidelines offer more personalized risk assessment, additional treatment options for people at the highest risk

Statement Highlights: High cholesterol, at any age, can increase a person’s lifetime risk for heart disease and stroke. A healthy lifestyle is the first step in prevention and treatment to lower that risk. The 2018 guidelines recommend more detailed risk assessments to help health care providers better determine a person’s individualized risk and treatment options. In some cases, a coronary artery calcium score can help determine a person’s need for cholesterol-lowering treatment, if their risk status is uncertain or if the treatment decision isn't clear.




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Statins have low risk of side effects

Statement Highlights: Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are associated with a low risk of side effects. The benefits of statin therapy for most people outweigh the risks.




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Updated treatment guidelines for atrial fibrillation recommend a new class of blood thinners to help prevent stroke

Focused Update Highlights: Newer anticoagulants, known as non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs), are recommended over the traditional warfarin to prevent stroke in people with atrial fibrillation (AFib). Weight loss is recommended for overweight or obese people with AFib.




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Better options needed for children at higher risk of premature heart disease

Statement Highlights: New developments in identifying and treating the increased risk of premature heart disease in children and teens with certain medical conditions associated with increased cardiovascular risk are discussed in a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Obesity and severe obesity are now considered significant risk factors for an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in children and teens.




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New scientific statement on blood pressure measurement in people

Statement highlights: Oscillometric devices, which use an electronic pressure sensor within the blood pressure cuff, can reduce human error and the risk to the environment from older devices which use mercury. Patients who measure their blood pressure at home should use a device with an upper arm cuff that has been checked for accuracy by a healthcare provider.




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New recommendations for stroke systems of care to improve patient outcomes

Statement Highlights: To translate advances in scientific knowledge and innovations in stroke care into improvements in patient outcomes, comprehensive stroke systems of care must be in place to facilitate optimal stroke care delivery. New recommendations support policies that standardize the delivery of stroke care, lower barriers to emergency care for stroke, ensure stroke patients receive care at appropriate hospitals in a timely manner and improve access to secondary prevention and rehabilitation and recovery resources after stroke.




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Growing cardiovascular genetics field calls for special multidisciplinary clinical programs to better identify and treat inherited heart conditions

Statement Highlights: In a new scientific statement, the American Heart Association supports the creation of specialized multidisciplinary clinical programs that combine cardiovascular medicine and genetics expertise. These specialized programs would use genetic information to better treat patients with inherited heart conditions, as well as assess family members without current heart problems and take steps to reduce their risk.




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People living with HIV face premature heart disease and barriers to care

Statement Highlights: People living with HIV face a higher risk of developing diseases of the heart and blood vessels compared to people without the disease. Seventy-five percent of people living with HIV are over age 45 and face significant health challenges at earlier ages than people who don’t have HIV.




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Treating Type 2 diabetes and heart failure

People with type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk for heart failure and many people have both diseases, which requires careful medical management.




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Better science needed to support clinical predictors that link cardiac arrest, brain injury, and death: a statement from the American Heart Association

Statement Highlights: While significant improvements have been made in resuscitation and post cardiac arrest resuscitation care, mortality remains high and is mainly attributed to widespread brain injury.Better science is needed to support the ...




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Treating more than just the heart is critical for geriatric patients

Statement Highlights: Geriatric conditions such as frailty, cognitive impairment, taking multiple medications and having multiple medical conditions complicate care for older people with acute cardiovascular diseases. Most research on how to treat...




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Fast action and the right resources are key to treating fulminant myocarditis

Statement Highlights: Fulminant myocarditis develops quickly and can prove fatal without early recognition and advanced medical therapy. A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association details the resources needed to diagnose and treat...




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Better lifestyle habits are useful additions to optimize management of atrial fibrillation

Statement Highlights: Improving lifestyle habits – such as attaining and maintaining a healthy body weight and getting regular, moderate physical activity – may be useful additions to physician-guided management of atrial fibrillation (AF), a serious...




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Specific gut bacteria may be associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Research Highlights: Researchers have found a specific bacterial profile in the gut of people with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a chronic and progressive disease that causes constriction of arteries in the lungs. The unique bacterial profile...




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Patients taking ACE-i and ARBs who contract COVID-19 should continue treatment, unless otherwise advised by their physician

Embargoed until 8 a.m. CT/9 a.m. ET, Tuesday, March 17, 2020   DALLAS, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 – As the global impact of COVID-19 rises, the scientific community continues to evaluate the clinical impact and health care needs of patients with...




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The American Heart Association outlines its role in the global COVID-19 pandemic

Embargoed until 8 a.m. CT/9 a.m. ET Tuesday, March 17, 2020                                                                                                                    DALLAS, March 17, 2020 — The American Heart Association and its thousands of ...




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As COVID-19 cases increase, preventing a second heart attack or stroke is vital

DALLAS, March 20, 2020 — As hospitals, health professionals and healthcare systems, governments and leaders work to reduce community spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. and protect the most vulnerable individuals, the American Heart Association offers...




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$2.5 million now available for fast-tracked heart and brain focused scientific research of COVID-19

DALLAS, March 24, 2020 — As part of its global response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health and research, is committing  $2.5 million to research...




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What people with high blood pressure need to know about COVID-19

DALLAS, March 31, 2020 — Many people have concerns about staying healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those with a chronic condition such as high blood pressure — a reading above 130/80 — may face an increased risk for severe complications if they get...




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Dos artículos de perspectivas sobre los medicamentos para la hipertensión y su uso continuo a fin de combatir el COVID-19

DALLAS, 1 de abril del 2020 — Algunos cardiólogos de Wuhan, China y otros países recomiendan a los pacientes con hipertensión arterial que continúen tomando sus medicamentos, aunque los efectos de algunos se hayan visto afectados por las infecciones ...




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Interim guidance issued on stroke care during COVID-19 pandemic

DALLAS, April 2, 2020 — The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Stroke Council Leadership has released “Temporary Emergency Guidance to U.S. Stroke Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” which was published late yesterday in Stroke,...




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Guía provisional emitida sobre la atención del accidente cerebrovascular durante la pandemia de COVID-19

DALLAS, 2 de abril del 2020 – El cuerpo directivo del Consejo de accidentes cerebrovasculares de la American Heart Association/American Stroke Association publicó la “Guía temporal de emergencia para los Centros de Accidentes Cerebrovasculares de...




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More than $14 million in research grants awarded for health technology solutions focused on heart and brain health, including special projects related to COVID-19 and CVD

DALLAS, April 2, 2020 – The American Heart Association — the world’s leading voluntary organization dedicated to a world of longer, healthier lives — announced today more than $14 million in scientific research grants are being awarded to four...




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AHA Media Alert: COVID-19 prompts questions on increased risk for those with CVD and stroke survivors

AHA COVID-19 newsroom   DALLAS, April 3, 2020 — COVID-19 is prompting widespread questions and concerns about the heightened risk for those with heart disease and stroke survivors.   The American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit...




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Women’s lifestyle changes, even in middle age, may reduce future stroke risk

Study Highlights: Middle age may not be too late for women to substantially lower their stroke risk through lifestyle modifications. Middle-aged women who quit smoking, started exercising, maintained a healthy weight and made healthy food choices saw...




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Australian study: Many home blood pressure monitors not validated for accuracy

Research Highlights: Most home blood pressure monitoring devices sold in Australia by global e-commerce sites such as Amazon and eBay have not been validated (tested for accuracy). Using an unvalidated device could lead to incorrect at-home blood...