Intro / Women & Heart Disease

This program is designed to increase awareness of heart disease and help you recognize the risk factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cigarette smoking and obesity.

You should also learn the signs and symptoms of a heart attack. But most importantly, if you experience symptoms, it's essential that you seek medical treatment within one hour of symptom onset, because this is when drugs and other treatments will be most effective. With a little effort on your part, you have the potential to add years to your life.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women. Each year, nearly twice as many women die from cardiovascular disease than the next 16 causes of death – combined.

• Take a self-assessment risk survey
  
  
• To receive a free Women's Heart Health Action Kit fill out our online request form or call 321-268-6110.
  
  
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• 87 percent of women living in North Brevard qualify as being at risk for heart disease (indicating they have one or more risk factors), yet only 27 percent have actually been diagnosed or perceive themselves to be at risk.
  (VHA Inc. Proprietary Research, Clinical Advantage Outreach Initiatives: Women and Heart Disease conducted by Market Strategies Inc. Healthcare Research and Consulting)

For more information, call (321) 268-6110.