This American Heart Month, learn how you can improve your heart health at any age and explore advances The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center clinicians and researchers are making in cardiac care thanks to philanthropic support.

Accelerating the pace of heart and lung research and discovery

Thomas Hund, MD, has pulled together diverse groups of researchers from various disciplines with the goal of advancing heart research – perhaps more quickly than might have occurred otherwise.

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Heart researcher takes on unlikely disease: cancer

Sakima Smith, MD, MPH, may seem like an unlikely cancer researcher since he’s a cardiologist. But a 28-year-old patient deepened Dr. Smith’s interest in exploring the connections between anti-cancer drugs and heart health.

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Woman making a heart with her hands

How to improve your heart health after 40

While your risk of heart disease rises as you age, there are always actions you can take to keep your heart healthy and strong.

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Patient in an MRI machine

Imaging the future: Ohio State researcher brings new cardiac imaging technology to the masses

Orlando Simonetti, PhD, spearheaded an effort to create a low-field MRI machine that can serve patients who cannot have a traditional MRI because of implanted devices or claustrophobia.

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How you can help

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The Wexner Medical Center Development Office
c/o The OSU Foundation 
PO Box 710811
Columbus, OH 43271-0811

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