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Empower Yourself with National Wear Red Day
There is a long list of issues that threaten the health and overall wellbeing of women. Sometimes, it seems easier to ignore all of the potential issues and just hope for the best. Unfortunately, sticking your head in the sand does not typically work for the important issues in life. The truth is that ignoring the possibility of some health issues – such as heart disease – puts you at a much higher risk for developing that health problem.
Ignoring potential health issues also means that you may be missing out on opportunities to prevent yourself from getting sick. The fast pace of modern life can make it difficult to slow down long enough to pay attention to preventing problems with…
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Go red for women or just wear red day, which is it? Either way, February 5th wear red! Here’s why:
Remember when the first Friday of February, during National Heart Month, was designated as Go Red for Women and they had the little red dress pin? ( I still have and love that pin!) And now we are asked to wear red on the same day to raise awareness of heart disease for all?
Point of View: National Wear Red Day
The American Heart Association’s signature initiative, Go Red for Women, is a comprehensive platform designed to increase women’s heart health awareness and serve as a catalyst for change to improve the lives of women globally.
Wear Red and Give
The first Friday each February, American Heart Month, the nation comes together, igniting a wave of red from coast to coast. From landmarks to online communities, neighborhoods to news anchors, this annual groundswell unites millions of people for a common goal: the eradication of heart disease and stroke.
Wear Red Day: 3 Tips from a Heart Attack Survivor
Heart disease may not be something you think about, particularly if you are active and healthy, but after surviving a heart attack at just 41 years of age Amy Heinl knows first hand that heart disease doesn’t discriminate.
Even With Heart Disease Awareness on the Rise, Prevention Remains Critically Important for American Women
The Heart Truth campaign urges women to take action.
Go Red for Women Campaign
In early 2003, the American Heart Association (AHA) and Cone set out to craft a solution to answer a dire health threat, respond to market opportunity, and infuse more passion and emotion into its well-respected (but largely recognized as clinical and research-oriented) brand via the creation of a new cause campaign. Based on extensive internal and external research, the team created the overall concept for Go Red For Women.
Hidden Heart Disease Is The Top Health Threat For U.S. Women
Greater awareness and advances in detection and treatment have dramatically decreased breast cancer deaths over the past few decades, Bairey Merz explains. But heart disease now claims the life of 1 in every 4 women. Many women with heart disease could benefit from effective treatment, including aspirin, statins, beta blockers and the like, says Dr. Laxmi Mehta, a cardiologist at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. But they can be helped only if they are diagnosed.
Jennie Garth Goes Red for Women
Many women think of heart disease and heart problems as a male related disease. Statistically 1 in 4 women will die from heart disease. Go Red for Women helps women uncover the truth
National Wear Red Day is on Friday: This is how you can help raise awareness of heart disease
Despite the devastating toll of COVID-19, heart disease remains the No. 1 cause of death in the U.S and worldwide.
Today Is National Wear Red Day. Here's Why People Are Dressing Up
National Wear Red Day is intended to help raise awareness of heart disease, in particular among women. Heart disease is often generally associated with men, but cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women.
Tomorrow Is National Wear Red Day!
Go Red for Women has been helping fight cardiovascular disease--the number one killer of females, even greater than all cancers combined--since 2004, empowering women everywhere to understand their risks and take action to prevent potential heart disease.
Women’s heart disease: an awareness campaign fail?
I’ve been thinking a lot about awareness-raising lately because of a bombshell report from the 2019 American Heart Association National Survey released this month. Among other completely demoralizing findings, this report found that women’s awareness of their most common heart attack risks and symptoms has significantly declined from a prior survey done 10 years earlier. How is that even possible? .
Empower Yourself with National Wear Red Day
There is a long list of issues that threaten the health and overall wellbeing of women. Sometimes, it seems easier to ignore all of the potential issues and just hope for the best.
#29DaysOfHeart
#29DaysOfHeart is WomenHeart’s annual social media campaign to raise awareness about heart disease in African-American women. Black History Month and Heart Month both occur in February and we want the opportunity to celebrate both! #29DaysOfHeart uplifts the voices of Black women. It also shines a spotlight on the disproportionate impact of heart disease among African-American women, and therefore the need to raise awareness about risk factors and heart healthy living.
Go Red for Women
The American Heart Association’s signature women’s initiative, Go Red for Women, is a comprehensive platform designed to increase women’s heart health awareness and serve as a catalyst for change to improve the lives of women globally.
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