Cardiovascular disease: Put your heart into preventing it
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by Aimee Keenan-Greene
The American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women® movement has launched their month-long nationwide awareness campaign.
8 million women in the US are currently living with heart disease.
435,000 American women have heart attacks annually.
To make women more aware of the danger of heart disease, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and partner organizations are sponsoring a national campaign calledThe Heart Truth®. The campaign's goal is to give women a personal and urgent wake-up call about their risk of heart disease.
The centerpiece of The Heart Truth is the Red Dress, introduced as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002 by NHLBI. The Red Dress® reminds women to protect their heart health and inspires them to take action.
The campaign is aimed at women ages 40 to 60, the age when a woman's risk of heart disease starts to rise. Heart disease develops gradually and can start at a young age-even in the teenage years. The campaign reminds women, it's never too late to take action to prevent and control the risk factors for heart disease.
Even those who have heart disease can improve their heart health and quality of life.
Women's hearts respond better than men's to healthy lifestyle changes, yet only 2 percent of the National Insititute of Health budget is dedicated to prevention.
8 million women in the US are currently living with heart disease.
435,000 American women have heart attacks annually.
To make women more aware of the danger of heart disease, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and partner organizations are sponsoring a national campaign calledThe Heart Truth®. The campaign's goal is to give women a personal and urgent wake-up call about their risk of heart disease.
The centerpiece of The Heart Truth is the Red Dress, introduced as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002 by NHLBI. The Red Dress® reminds women to protect their heart health and inspires them to take action.
The campaign is aimed at women ages 40 to 60, the age when a woman's risk of heart disease starts to rise. Heart disease develops gradually and can start at a young age-even in the teenage years. The campaign reminds women, it's never too late to take action to prevent and control the risk factors for heart disease.
Even those who have heart disease can improve their heart health and quality of life.
Women's hearts respond better than men's to healthy lifestyle changes, yet only 2 percent of the National Insititute of Health budget is dedicated to prevention.
Heart disease does not discriminate.
Racial gaps exist in women’s heart-health awareness.
Racial gaps exist in women’s heart-health awareness.
Women’s knowledge of heart attack warning signs is lacking, as is how they react. Nearly half of women say they would not call 9-1-1 if they were having heart attack symptoms, according to new research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association.
Also making news, a new journal article focusing on the growing epidepmic of women having strokes. Researchers looked at unique stroke risk factors among women and gender disparities in stroke care. The new information is featured in a special issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Also making news, a new journal article focusing on the growing epidepmic of women having strokes. Researchers looked at unique stroke risk factors among women and gender disparities in stroke care. The new information is featured in a special issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The AHA has also put out a call for stories and inviting women to Speak Up about heart disease. Jennie Garth, actress and Go Red For Women spokesperson, kicked off the national casting call at Macy’s Herald Square in New York City last week.
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