February 08, 2021
by Elisabeth Reitman
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality of women in the United States. Few young and minority women are aware of their risk factors. Lisa Freed, MD, FACC, who leads the Women s Heart and Vascular Program at Yale New Haven Hospital discusses how sex and gender differences influence health outcomes.
What do women still need to know about heart disease?
Research published Sep. 21, 2020 in Circulation revealed that between 2009 and 2019 awareness that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among women declined, especially among communities of color and women between the ages of 25 -34 years. A major priority of health care providers has to be education and advocacy as well as primary and secondary prevention of heart disease.
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February is American Heart Month. One Toledo woman thought her symptoms were due to age, stress and being out of shape. Instead, it was blockages in her arteries.
After battling COVID in March, Cynthia Biondi s heart starting bothering her. Chest pain, palpitation, rapid heartbeat, I just ignored it in the beginning, she said.
But finally, she called her primary care doctor, who is also a cardiologist at White Plains Hospital. She came to me afterwards with shortness of breath, palpitations, pressure, which is seen in post-COVID patients, Dr. Jeannette Yuen said. And as Dr. Fauci had said, they re called the long haulers.
Dr. Yuen encouraged some life style changes, and Biondi has since has lost 19 pounds, walks frequently, and meditates. Women often disregard or delay care, Dr. Yuen said.
You may see plenty of people wearing red Friday. Take heart.
Trident Health encourages lifestyle changes to reduce heart disease risk
VIDEO: American Heart Association, Trident Health work to raise heart disease awareness By Summer Huechtker and Patrick Phillips | February 5, 2021 at 7:51 AM EST - Updated February 5 at 8:13 AM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - With heart disease as the number one killer of women, the American Heart Association is working to change that through raising awareness about reducing risk.
The organization named February as Heart Month and the first Friday of February is National Wear Red Day.
“One in three women die from heart disease, AHA Executive Director Katie Schumacker said. “We want the community to know that one is too many. So we are wearing red to support the American Heart Association’s ‘Go Red for Women’ movement that encourages all women to take charge of their own health.”