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Saint Alphonsus Proud Local Sponsor Go Red For
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Saint Alphonsus is the proud local sponsor of the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women® awareness movement, which strives to educate women about their cardiac risk factors. Go Red For Women encourages women to know their risk for heart disease and stroke, and to proactively take action to reduce that risk. The campaign plays a leading role in providing women with the tools and education they need to lead heart-healthy lives.
In Idaho alone, thousands of women die each year from heart disease and stroke – the #1 and #3 causes of death for women in Idaho. Since 2004, Go Red For Women has captured the intelligence and enthusiasm of women to work together to wipe out heart disease – the No. 1 killer of women in the United States. The American Heart Association, Saint Alphonsus, and local community leaders, physicians and staff have partnered together with Go Red For Women to educate and motivate Treasure Valley women to "Love their Hearts."
Could you be at Risk? Know the facts. Take control of your health!
- Heart disease is the #1 killer of women.
- 1 in 3 women die of heart disease, compared to 1 in 25 women who die of Breast Cancer.
- Every minute a woman dies of heart disease, compared to every 14 minutes a woman dies of Breast Cancer.
- 64% of women who died suddenly from coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms.
- Heart disease kills 60 women every hour in the U.S. alone.
- Since 1984, more American women have died of heart disease than men.
- 38% of women, and 25% of men who have heart attacks die within a year.
- Women with heart disease receive fewer heart medications and fewer heart exams than men.
- Heart disease rates in post-menopausal women and 2-3 times higher than in pre-menopausal women of the same age.
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