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National Wear Red Day increases awareness of women’s heart health in its 14th year
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On Friday, Feb. 3, 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, part of the Go Red for Women campaign.
It is held on the first Friday in February each year to raise awareness that heart disease is the leading cause of death in women.
According to the AHA, one in three women will die of CVD or stroke, from which one woman dies every 80 seconds; 90% of women have at least one risk factor for heart disease or stroke; fewer women than men survive their first MI; women have a higher lifetime risk for stroke than men; and 44 million U.S. women have CVD.
Photo courtesy of: Cardiology Today.
Since the inception of Wear Red Day in 2003, the AHA has made many strides in improving women’s heart health, including:
- Nearly 90% of women have made at least one healthy behavior change.
- More than one-third of women have lost weight.
- More than 50% of women have increased their exercise.
- Six out of 10 women have changed their diets.
- More than 40% of women have checked their cholesterol levels.
- One third of women has talked with their doctors about developing heart health plans.
- Today, nearly 300 fewer women die from heart disease and stroke each day.
- Death in women has decreased by more than 30% over the past 10 years.
- For more information:
- www.goredforwomen.org