February is Heart Month - Wear Red on Friday February 5th
February is National Heart Month and is kicking off on February 5th with National Wear Red Day. This is a day encouraging everyone to wear red (a shirt, a tie, a sweater) to bring awareness to not just heart disease, but the risks of heart disease in women.
Heart disease is still often thought of as a man's disease, but in fact it kills as many women. The difference: it occurs later in life than it does in the average man. In fact, one in four women in the U.S dies of heart disease compared to one in 30 who dies of breast cancer. About 80 percent of women ages 40 to 60 have one or more risk factors for heart disease. Having one or more risk factors dramatically incrasese a womean's chance of develeoping heart disease.
Talk to your doctor about your risk. Keep in mind, these factors:
