Category Archives: heart attacks

Heart Stopping Statistics: Heart Disease Among African American and Hispanic Women

Many women assume that heart disease affects only older women, but that is not true according to the American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women Campaign." Heart disease can effect women of all ages and ethnic backgrounds, and often with more lethal results. One in 3 women die of heart attacks. That's one woman every minute.
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A Cardiologist Explains How the Signs of a Heart Attack in Women Are Different Than in Men-February 15- Fearless Fabulous You!

February may be the month of love with Valentine's Day, but it is also the month to love your heart even more. February is Heart Health Month with the American Heart Association promoting its annual "Go Red For Women" Campaign. Heart disease and stroke are respectively the #1 and #4 causes of death among women.  Check out
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Prevent Heart Attacks, #1 Killer of Women. Listen TONIGHT! 6pm ET

Heart attacks are the number one killer of women.  Moms, even if you are in your thirties, you are at risk. Don’t become a heart disease statistic. Instead, “Go Red!”  Start by learning the symptoms.  Then know what foods are your heart’s best friends, and those which are its enemy. Lauren Harris-Pincus, RD, (
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