Heart disease: An equal opportunity illness
If you’re like most women, you think heart disease isn’t your problem; that it’s a man’s disease. But the truth is, heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States.
The facts may surprise you:
- Women account for nearly half of all heart attack deaths.
- Many more women die of heart disease than of breast cancer: 1 in 2 versus 1 in 30.
- Thirty-eight percent of women will die within one year of having a heart attack.
- Within six years of having a heart attack, about 46% of women become disabled with heart failure.
- Two-thirds of women who have a heart attack fail to make a full recovery.
You have the power to prevent heart disease
Sometimes, women are so involved with taking care of others, they don’t take time to keep themselves healthy—even when they know doing so can add years to their lives!
By learning about your personal risk factors, making healthful changes like eating right and exercising more, and quitting unhealthy habits, you can greatly reduce your risk of developing heart disease, or lessen its severity if you already have heart disease. In fact, research shows that women can lower their heart disease risk enormously—by as much as 82 percent—simply by leading a healthy lifestyle.
How herHEARTFirst can help
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Reducing your risk of heart attack and cardiovascular disease starts by making time for yourself, and asking your family and friends to support you in your new, heart healthy lifestyle.
Joining Holy Name Hospital’s herHEARTFirst is a good beginning. herHEARTFirst is a heart care club designed especially for women. It reflects Holy Name’s commitment to becoming a leader in heart-related diagnosis, education and treatment for women.
Members of herHEARTFirst are entitled to:
- FREE Upbeats newsletter
- Nutrition Education Sessions
- FREE Women’s Heart Health Seminars
- Discounted cardiovascular screenings (risk & physical assessment, educational material)
- Seminars and clinics on prevention and care
- News about leading edge cardiac technology for early detection, accurate diagnosis and proper treatment of cardiovascular disease and conditions that increase its risk
- Discounts from over 350 online, name brand merchants through our FirstPlace Marketplace
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