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Evidence mounts that sugary drink taxes make communities healthier

As Santa Cruz, California, becomes the latest city to enact a tax, new research shows such taxes reduce consumption of sugary beverages that are harmful to health.
Cass Wheeler was driven to improve the Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ because he knew it meant improving and extending lives across the country and around the world. (Photo courtesy of the Wheeler family)

Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ's visionary, transformative CEO dies at 84

Cass Wheeler saw his calling as helping others. He did so throughout his 35 years with the Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ, the last 10 spent as CEO.

Ralph Edwards (left), host of the radio show "Truth or Consequences," presents the check from The Walking Man contest to Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ President Dr. Arlie R. Barnes in 1948. (Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ archives)

What Actually Happened

You may have heard a misconception that Procter & Gamble gave the Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ $1.5 million - the equivalent of more than $20 million today - in 1948. That's actually false.

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What does the sugar in beverages do to your body?

Sugary drinks can up your risk for cardiovascular disease. Here's what the science says (and what you can do about it).

Powered by passion, Creager earns organization's highest volunteer honor

Aug 25, 2020

Dr. Mark Creager has been an Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ volunteer for over three decades. He transformed the research enterprise and embedded peripheral vascular diseases into its construct. For his work, he will receive the Ãå±±ÊÓÆµ's highest volunteer honor – the Gold Heart Award.

Patient hopes to solve 'puzzle' of his heart condition

Aug 14, 2020

Adam Elliott — and his doctors — thought he suffered from anxiety. But his heart palpitations, chest pain and irregular heartbeats were missed signals of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. After finally getting a proper diagnosis, Elliott now focuses on his health and being with his two boys.