Newswise — Almost twice as many women die from heart disease than from all forms of cancer combined. In honor of February's Heart Health Month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Women's Health (OWH) and Never2Early.org are encouraging women to get the facts about heart disease, the leading killer of women in America.
To help women become better equipped to make changes to improve their health and quality of life, we are encouraging you to make use of the following resources. OWH has designed a free, personalized Web site (http://www.womenshealth.gov/ForYourHeart). For Your Heart is a simple, interactive Web site that provides women with personalized information and tips on preventing heart disease.
For Your Heart provides women with stories on exercise, nutrition, weight loss, smoking, diabetes, cholesterol, blood pressure, menopause, and stroke. These stories are tailored specifically to each woman's race/ethnicity, age, and heart disease risk factors.
If a woman is diagnosed with heart disease, straight-forward information about treatment options is critical for good decision making. HeartHealthyWomen.org, also supported by OWH, provides the most up-to-date information on the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in women. The site, which features separate educational sections for women with heart disease and their health care providers, answers questions like "How is my risk of heart disease measured?" and "What is angioplasty?" It also provides health care providers with information, such as heart health risk factors for women based on age and menopause.
The Never2Early campaign (http://www.Never2Early.org) was initiated to help families with young children understand that risk factors for heart disease can start developing early in life. The primary focus of the campaign is on a heart-healthy diet and lifestyle starting at age two.
Please visit For Your Heart at http://www.womenshealth.gov/ForYourHeart/ or call 1-800-994-WOMAN (1- 800-994-9662) or 1-888-220-5446 for the hearing impaired. For online information on the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, please visit Heart Healthy Women at http://www.hearthealthywomen.org.
Information and facts used in the Never2early.org Web site (http://www.never2early.org) come from statistics, research and recommendations made by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), its National Cholesterol Education Program as well as the American Heart Association.
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