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National Wear Red Day increases awareness of women's heart health

Issue: March 2016

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On Friday, Feb. 5, employees at SLACK Incorporated, publisher of Cardiology Today and Cardiology Today’s Intervention wore red in support of the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day campaign to increase awareness of heart disease in women.

This year marks the 13th anniversary of the National Wear Red Day campaign. It is held on the first Friday in February each year to raise awareness that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women.

Source: SLACK Incorporated

According to the AHA, recent years have seen marked improvements in women’s heart health, such as:

• Almost 90% of women report making at least one healthy behavior change.
• More than one-third of women has lost weight.
• More than half of women reports increasing their physical activity.
• Six in 10 women report changing their diets.
• More than 40% of women have tested their cholesterol.
• One-third of women reports talking with their physician about heart health plans.
• The mortality rate in women has decreased by more than 30% in the past decade.

For more information:

www.goredforwomen.org