St. Luke’s to host “Wear Red Day”
February 3, 2010
The American Heart Association celebrates February as National Heart Month and on Friday, February 5, Cedar Rapids’ Heart Hospital will “Go Red.” St. Luke’s employees, doctors, volunteers and administrators will join millions of women, men and children across America in support of the Go Red for Women movement and take a stand against heart disease on national “Wear Red Day.”
Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association’s solution to save women’s lives. Too many women die each year because they are unaware that heart disease is their number one killer.
Heart facts from the American Heart Association:
· One in three women dies of this largely preventable disease – that’s almost one woman every minute.
· Cardiovascular disease kills approximately 450,000 women each year, about one every minute.
· While 1 in 30 American women die of breast cancer, about 1 in 3 die from cardiovascular disease.
· Only 1 in 5 women believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat.
· Heart disease is largely preventable. In fact, 80 percent of cardiac events in women may be prevented if women make the right choices for their hearts, involving diet, exercise and abstinence from smoking.
St. Luke’s Heart Care Services employees encourage community members to join the movement and wear red on National Wear Red Day. The hope is to build awareness and inspire action about preventing heart disease.
