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Your Story Could Save Lives

Numbers. Statistics. Facts. They just don’t resonate like stories do.

AHA can give legislators statistics and numbers to show how federal funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research saves countless lives. But the true impact of heart disease and stroke can’t be conveyed through statistics and numbers alone. It’s stories like yours that make the real difference.

As Congress considers cutting life-saving funding for medical research, you have the chance to use your story as a powerful tool to help change their minds.

Stories of survival, loss, victory and resilience. Each can help make a real change. Each story must be told. Tell yours today.

Need some help getting started? Try answering some of these questions as you tell your story:

1. Are you a heart disease or stroke survivor?
2. Has someone in your family encountered heart disease or stroke?
3. Why do you think medical research is important?
4. If you have a heart condition, what are you able to do that you otherwise wouldn't without the right medical treatment?

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