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Have you noticed a lot of red today? It's not coincidence. Today is national Go Red for Women Day.
Heart disease is the number one killer of women and that's why the American Heart Association held luncheons like the one at the Atlantis today all over the country.
45,000 women die yearly from heart disease and stroke. The goal of these events is to raise money for research, education and community programs for women and also to bring about awareness of how women can prevent heart trouble.
You can do this by visiting your doctor regularly, know your cholesterol and blood pressure numbers and take action to safeguard your own health.
Just ask Patty Sheehan's mom, Leslie Sheehan, who called 911 after noticing her racing heart. "So I called 911 and they took me into a small hospital and luckily there was a cardiologist just happened to be there that day so he diagnosed me, sent me to Burlington, Vermont and they put the pace maker in and it's been there 10 years now."
The American Heart Association has made it easy for women to take care of themselves. On its web site, they have a heart check up. It takes 10 minutes and at the end it gives you your risk level of having a heart attack in the next 10 years. It also provides help for living a healthier life for your heart.
To take the heart check up, go to http://www.goredforwomen.org/hcu/index.aspx?id=498&tm=heart+check+up
