Wear RED to help fight heart disease in women, the #1 killer
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 9:44AM 
A GO RED magnet at ShopHeart.org
National Wear Red Day is tomorrow, February 5th! Show your support for the fight against heart disease in women by wearing red. It’s an easy, powerful way to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The #1 and #3 killer for women! Cancer is #2. At Mayo Clinic, here's a very useful post on Preventing The Top 10 Threats
A few eye-opening facts you might not know about heart disease...
- Worldwide, 8.6 million women die from heart disease each year, accounting for a third of all deaths in women. Three million women die from stroke each year. Stroke accounts for more deaths among women than men (11% vs 8.4%) with additional risk for CHD unique to women related to oral contraceptive use in combination with smoking.
- Under age 50, women’s heart attacks are twice as likely as men’s to be fatal.
- 267,000 women die each year from heart attacks, which kill six times as many women as breast cancer. Another 31, 837 women die each year of congestive heart failure, representing 62.6% of all heart failure deaths.
At-risk facts...
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71% of women experience early warning signs of heart attack with sudden onset of extreme weakness that feels like the flu - often with no chest pain at all. Medical professionals are challenged to respond to women's milder symptoms, acting with insufficient guidelines.
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Nearly two-thirds of the deaths from heart attacks in women occur among those who have no history of chest pain.
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Smoking, diabetes and abnormal blood lipids erase a woman’s estrogen protection.
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Women who smoke risk having a heart attack 19 years earlier than non-smoking women.
For all the facts, click here.
To prevent heart disease, the American Heart Association created a simple 7 action plan:
Get active, eat better, lose weight, stop smoking, control cholesterol, manage blood pressure, and reduce blood sugar.
For inspiration and heart-healthy recipes, visit Better U!
Here's to living red everyday!
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