February is Heart Month

Heart Disease causes 1 in every 4 female deaths in the United States (2009 numbers) Check out this Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to learn more about heart disease and the risk to women.   

http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/docs/fs_women_heart.pdf

Have you heard about WISEWOMAN program?  This program funds programs in 21 states and provides prevention screening services for high cholesterol and diabetes.  Lifestyle programs teach healthy behaviors such as good nutrition, physical activity, healthy cooking classes, and stop smoking classes.  You can find WISEWOMAN programs at http://www.cdc.gov/wisewoman/locations/index.htm

Million Hearts Is a national program whose goal is to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. You can gain much knowledge from this website at http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/resources/tools.html