Text Box: Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of disability.  Almost  700,000 people die of heart disease in the U.S. each year.  Heart disease is a term that includes several more specific heart conditions.  The most common heart disease in the United States is coronary artery disease, which can lead to heart attack. To urge Americans to join the battle against these diseases, since 1963 Congress has required the president to proclaim February “American Heart Month.”   The American Heart Association works with the administration to draft and sign this annual proclamation. During American Heart Month, thousands of American Heart Association volunteers visit their neighbors.  Their goal is to raise funds for research and education through community health programs and pass along information about heart disease and stroke.  One in four American women dies of heart disease, and most fail to make the connection between risk factors—such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol—and their personal risk of developing heart disease.  You can make changes in your habits and lifestyle to significantly reduce your risk for heart disease.  Women can lower their heart disease risk by 82% by leading a healthy lifestyle that includes healthy eating, getting regular physical activity, and not smoking. *For more information visit www.americanheart.org   Text Box: February 2008

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Text Box: Friday, February 1, 2008, is National Wear Red Day—a day when Americans nationwide will take women’s health to heart by wearing red to show their support for women’s heart disease awareness.  Although significant progress has been made in increasing awareness among women from 34 percent in 2000 to 57 percent in 2006—most women fail to make the connection between risk factors and their personal risk of developing the disease.   National Wear Red Day is an annual event held on the first Friday in February.  On this day, women and men across the country will wear red to unite in the national movement to give women a personal and urgent wake-up call about their risk of heart disease.  Everyone can participate by showing off a favorite red dress, shirt, or tie, or by wearing the Red Dress Pin (available at www.hearttruth.gov).   Join this national effort by wearing red on February 1, and encourage your family, friends, and coworkers to do the same.  Allegheny Imaging of McCandless is proud to offer heart healthy diagnostic imaging services such as carotid, vascular, and venous ultrasounds, CT of the chest, Magnetic Resonance Angiography, and CT Angiography.  Allegheny Imaging also offers Cardiac Nuclear Medicine , which is used to examine the anatomy and function of the heart.      By participating in National Wear Red Day, Allegheny Imaging is joining The Heart Truth.  The Heart Truth is a national awareness campaign to alert women about their risk for heart disease and motivate them to take steps to lower their risk.  The centerpiece of the campaign is the Red Dress—the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness.  What’s a red dress got to do with it?  A simple Red Dress works as a visual red alert to get the message heard loud and clear:  “Heart Disease Doesn’t Care What you Wear—It’s the #1 Killer of Women.”    Sponsored by the National Heart. Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Servi9ces, the campaign is reaching women with important heart health messages in community settings through a diverse network of national and grassroots partner organizations.   Please join in and help spread the word about women and heart disease.  For ideas and tools to help you participate in National Wear Red Day or to order a Red Dress Pin, visit www.hearttruth.gov.  

Text Box: Participate in National Wear Red Day on Friday, February 1:  Wear Red to Support Women and Heart Disease Awareness

Text Box: February is “American Heart Month.”

Text Box: Did you know? Each day the average heart beats (expands and contracts) 100,000 times and pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood through your body.

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