Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States!
The month of February is dedicated to raising awareness about the risk factors associated with heart disease and stroke as well as increasing knowledge about prevention. Beginning February 4th with National Wear Red Day, the American Heart Association and Go Red for Women’s movement join forces urging everyone to support the fight against heart disease and Life’ Simple 7 will help you learn how to take care of yourself and your loved ones.
Did you know:

• One in three American adults has one or more types of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). More than half of those directly affected with heart disease are under the age of 60.
• CVD claims more lives than the next four most common causes of death combined.
• Coronary heart disease is the No. 1 single killer of women over age 25, but only 21% of women view it as a health threat.
• CVD kills over 460,000 women a year, about one per minute. On average, an American dies of CVD every 35 seconds.

Go Red for Women celebrates the energy, passion and power we have as women to band together to wipe out heart disease and stroke.
Take the Go Red Heart Checkup – you owe it to yourself and your family!