2026 Medicare plan changes to review during open enrollment October 22, 2025 (Updated November 28, 2025) Summary: You have until December 7 to check and make changes in your Medicare Plans Reading time: 6–8 minutes. Medicare Open Enrollment runs from October 15 to December 7. That is the time to review your Medicare choices for …
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September is Afib Awareness Month. Join the campaign to take action to raise afib awareness. Summary: September is Afib Awareness Month. StopAfib.org has launched the 2025 Get in Rhythm. Stay in Rhythm.® Afib Awareness Campaign to educate, engage, and empower the Afib community. Reading time: 2–3 minutes In recognition of September being Atrial Fibrillation Awareness …
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The Eric N. Prystowsky, MD Advocate for Patients Award recognizes a healthcare professional who has demonstrated outstanding service to afib patients and their families. Dr. Eric N. Prystowsky, an electrophysiologist at St. Vincent Indianapolis, was the first recipient of the Advocate for Patients Award in 2013. He was selected because he has played an important …
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May 5, 2025 Summary: StopAfib.org announces the Annual Judy Currier Scholarship to attend the 2025 Get in Rhythm. Stay in Rhythm.® Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference Reading time: 3–4 minutes. Judy and Mellanie at the Discovery Channel’s Red Carpet Premiere of A Heartbeat Away From Stroke It is our mission at StopAfib.org to empower as many …
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Together, let's prevent strokes caused by afib in underserved communities. Summary: An overview of the health equity initiative and introduction to afib and resource links. StopAfib.org is a leading nonprofit patient advocacy organization. We serve and support people who live with atrial fibrillation (afib), the most common irregular heartbeat. Our mission is to get people …
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Participate in the STORY-AF Study Summary: Can patients telling their stories of successfully taking anticoagulants (blood thinners) help other patients start and continue to take them? Reading time: 1–2 minutes As part of a study, researchers at UMass Chan Medical School are inviting African American and other Black patients with atrial fibrillation (afib) to participate …
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Can GeranylGeranylAcetone (GGA) prevent Development of Atrial Fibrillation? December 2, 2024 Summary: The Patient-Funded GENIALITY Trial of GGA for preventing atrial fibrillation is ready to start recruiting. Reading time: 4–5 minutes Professor Dr. Bianca Brundel, from the Amsterdam University Medical Center in the Netherlands, is a favorite presenter at the Get in Rhythm. Stay in …
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Plus 2025 Medicare drug plan changes to expect November 30, 2024 Summary: You have until December 7 to check and make changes in your Medicare Drug Plans Reading time: 4–5 minutes. Will your Medicare drug plan cover your medications next year? It’s worth checking one last time before the December 7 enrollment deadline. We hear …
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Summary: The LILAC – TIMI 76 Trial, an anticoagulant (blood thinner) study, is now enrolling afib patients Reading time: 1–2 minutes A new clinical trial is enrolling afib patients who, because of your doctor’s decision or your preference, are not currently taking an anticoagulant (blood thinner) to reduce the risk of clots and stroke. The …
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Study of Pill-in-the-Pocket Anticoagulants Uses Special AF-Sensing Apple Watch Summary: REACT-AF Study of Pill-in-the-Pocket Anticoagulants (Blood Thinners) is Now Recruiting Reading time: 3–5 minutes People living with afib often ask if they can take blood thinners as “pill in the pocket” medications. We don’t have an answer to that since we have very little data …
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