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Go Red for Women movement
urges women to take action
The American Heart Association,
the world’s leading nonprofi t
organization focused on heart
and brain health for all, together with
its signature movement, Go Red for
Women, encourages you to ‘wear red
and give’ today on National Wear Red
Day to raise awareness of cardiovascular
disease: women’s greatest health
threat.
Cardiovascular disease kills one
woman every 80 seconds and takes
more lives than all forms of cancer
combined. Heart disease and stroke
also impact the lives of one in three
women – or a third of mothers, sisters
and friends – and cardiac events
are on the rise in young women in
their 20s.
While 80 percent of cardiovascular
diseases can be prevented
through modest changes to diet and
lifestyle, disparities in care for women’s
heart and brain health continue
to exist. In addition, heart disease
and stroke symptoms can present
differently in women compared to
men. Women also make up less than
half of all clinical trial participants
globally, with women of color only
accounting for three percent.
As a result, more research is
needed to close gender disparity
gaps when it comes to cardiovascular
research, treatment and care.
The American Heart Association’s
Go Red for Women movement,
nationally sponsored by CVS Health
and New York City Go Red sponsors
are the Elizabeth Elting Foundation,
Rewire Me by Rose Caiola and UBS.
Additional local support comes from
Estée Lauder, G-III Apparel Group,
Ltd., Montefiore, Mount Sinai Heart,
Northwell Health, NYU Langone,
Pfizer and Valerie Wilson Travel
and through the month of February
to help save lives of women around
the world.
Here’s how you can join Go Red
for Women in support of women’s
health:
• Wear red on National Wear Red
Day, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 to raise
awareness about cardiovascular
disease – the leading cause of death
in women. The iconic Red Dress Pin
and other apparel at is available at
ShopHeart.org.
• Make a donation to support the
lifesaving work of the American
Heart Association at WearRedDay.
org.
• CVS Health is the national
sponsor of the American Heart
Association’s Go Red for Women
Movement and will be offering
no-cost heart-health screenings
at MinuteClinic® locations nationwide
every Thursday in February.
• Sign up to participate in the
lifesaving clinical trial research
through the American Heart Association’s
Go Red for Women movement
and Verily’s Project Baseline:
Research Goes Red initiative.
• Join the conversation by using
#WearRedAndGive on social
media.
Cardiovascular diseases continue
to be a woman’s greatest health threat.
To treat, beat and prevent heart
disease and stroke, women should
understand family health history,
know their five key personal health
numbers - these help determine risk
for heart disease and stroke: total
cholesterol, HDL (good) cholesterol,
blood pressure, blood sugar and
body mass index – and make healthy
behavior changes like moving more,
eating smart and managing blood
pressure.
— Courtesy of American
Heart Association
NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY
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