One in three. That’s the price women pay for cardiovascular disease. While nearly 80% of cardiac events can be prevented, cardiovascular diseases continue to be a woman’s greatest health threat, claiming the lives of 1 in 3 women.
Today, is National Wear Red Day and the American Heart Association is asking everyone to wear a touch of red today to spark a discussion about Women and Heart disease. Here to talk to us more about this is Jeanne LaSargeBono of the American Heart Association.
National Wear Red Day
- Friday, February 1st
- WearRedDay.org
- Art Hop in Kalamazoo will have a Stroke Survivor Painting Event
Go Red For Women Luncheons
Kalamazoo
- Friday, February 8 at The Radisson
- Heart.org/KalamazooGoRed
Grand Rapids
- Wednesday, February 13 at 20 Monroe Live
- Heart.org/GrandRapidsGoRed