Friday is the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day. Heart disease is still the number one killer of women causing 1 in three deaths each year. Each year on the first Friday in February thousands of hospitals, small businesses. multinational corporations, news broadcasters, schools, individuals and even landmarks wear read to help raise crucial awareness and significant funds in the fight against heart disease in women. Most women die of cardiovascular disease than from the next four causes of death including all forms of cancer. But 80 percent of cardiac events in women could be prevented if women made the right choices for their hears including diet, exercise and abstinence from smoking. People are encouraged to wear red today to show their support for women’s heart health. People are also advised to learn as much possible about heart attacks and stroke so that they don’t become a statistic.
