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Love Your Heart
Go Red by incorporating physical activity into your daily routine. Exercise can help you manage many conditions, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes. Challenge yourself daily to do more to become heart healthy - make a promise - and just do it.
Begin the important discussions about losing weight, managing your cholesterol and blood pressure, and stopping smoking. Talk to your doctor today about the best ways to achieve a heart-healthy Go Red lifestyle.
Public Enemy No. 1:
Heart Disease and Stroke
Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association's national movement
to make women aware of their risk for heart disease, the No. 1 cause of
death, and to take action to reduce that risk.
One in three women has some form of cardiovascular disease. Knowing your
personal risk of heart disease is the first powerful, lifesaving step to
a healthy life.
What is cardiovascular disease?
Cardiovascular disease includes diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Most heart and blood vessel problems develop over time and occur when your arteries develop atherosclerosis - a process that begins in childhood and involves a gradual build-up inside them called plaque. This plaque contains fat, cholesterol and other substances. Plaques can grow large enough to significantly reduce the blood's flow through an artery. But most of the damage occurs when a plaque becomes fragile and ruptures. Plaques that rupture cause blood clots to form that can block blood flow or break off and travel to another part of the body. If either happens and blocks a blood vessel that feeds the heart or brain, it causes a heart attack or stroke.
Let's face it. One in three women get heart disease. Most of us just don't want to know the true state of our hearts, according to recent surveys by Go Red For Women. When we realize that heart disease continues to be the No. 1 killer of women in America, there is something we can do about it.
The fact is, it's essential to each one of us that we know our individual risk for developing cardiovascular disease. Our hearts are in our hands--and by seeing your healthcare provider and getting a blood test and blood pressure test we can save them.
Take your Health to Heart
Let's face it. One in three women get heart disease. Most of us just don't want to know the true state of our hearts, according to recent surveys by Go Red For Women. When we realize that heart disease continues to be the No. 1 killer of women in America, there is something we can do about it.
The fact is, it's essential to each one of us that we know our individual risk for developing cardiovascular disease. Our hearts are in our hands--and by seeing your healthcare provider and getting a blood test and blood pressure test we can save them.
Assess your heart health now. Take the Go Red Heart CheckUp! Please call the Heart Association at 216-619-5144 or go to www.goredforwomen.org for more information. t
What is stroke?
Stroke is a type of cardiovascular disease. It affects the arteries leading to and within the brain. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts. When that happens, part of the brain can't get the blood (and oxygen) it needs, so it starts to die.
When part of the brain dies from lack of blood flow, the part of the body it controls is affected. Strokes can cause paralysis, affect language and vision, and cause other problems. Treatments can minimize the potentially devastating effects of stroke, but to receive them, a person must recognize the warning signs and act quickly!
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