Go Red for women’s health

A doctor can tell a woman during a well-check visit if she is as healthy as possible or at risk of heart disease, stroke or other serious illnesses.

During February, all Knoxville hospitals will give the red hats, knitted or crocheted by volunteers, to newborn babies. The certified 5K course starts and finishes near the Wando Shelter at James Island County Park in Charleston, South Carolina.

Nassau County, NY – February 1, 2016 – Nassau County residents join their counterparts across Long Island this Friday, February 5th, to focus attention on and raise funds to fight the nation’s number one killer of women: cardiovascular disease.

Heart disease, the silent killer, is more deadly than all cancers combined. “People say, ‘I would have never guessed you’re just out on the volleyball court like a normal person, it’s really cool'”.

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Vicky McManaman is an Air Force veteran whose family has a history of heart disease. Additionally, landmarks and buildings around the state will illuminate in red to help raise awareness to women’s heart health the evening of National Wear Red Day.

Women tend to get palpitations, shortness of breath and “sharp” chest pain when suffering heart attacks, explains Stephanie Dunlap, DO, associate professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and medical director of the UC Health Advanced Heart Failure Treatment Center. Through our limited-edition merchandise, promotions and in-store events, we encourage our customers to help us inspire women and ignite action by “going red” to change the lives of millions”. “If you have high blood pressure or high cholesterol, it’s important to lower and maintain them to safe levels with prescribed medication to protect your heart, and prevent the chance of a heart attack and stroke”. Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect.

McManaman is now a patient at the Southern Arizona VA Women’s Health Clinic’s new cardiovascular clinic, and is also an employee of the Southern Arizona VA. United, we are working to improve the health of women in your community. In fact, heart disease kills more women than men!

Finally, black women of any age have a higher incidence of heart attacks than white women.

Thanks to congressional passage of the Heart for Women Act in 2012, the FDA is required to report clinical trials based on gender.

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More recently, Elaine Mincey, 56, of James Island, teetered on the edge of having a heart attack last summer. When women are diagnosed with heart disease, they are less likely to be treated with the most advanced and aggressive therapies.

New findings from Chinese doctors have revealed that consuming tea may protect the arteries from stiffening, which is a main contributing factor of cardiovascular disease. “This is why it is critical for women to make time to take care of themselves daily to prevent heart disease, and get medically screened annually”.

Not all the ambassadors will speak to matters of the heart.

“So, yes, it’s important because I want to be here for my three grandchildren”, McManaman said.

She traces the source of the stroke to a verbal dispute she had with a cousin, which left Jackson in tears.

A stress test, echocardiogram and lab work determined that she was pre-diabetic and at a high risk for cardiovascular disease.

She lost a younger brother, and the disease has also affected her father and her uncles.