The Heart Truth Campaign Events
Chances are, you've been hearing a lot of information lately on women and heart disease. That's because The Heart Truth campaign is working with partners to spread the word that heart disease is a major women's health concern. Learn more about some special events and programs that have been focusing attention on this important issue.
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Fashion Week: Red Dress Collection 2009
On Friday, February 13, 2009, The Heart Truth rolled out the red carpet for 20 of today’s most celebrated women donning one-of-a-kind Red Dresses by America’s top designers for women’s heart health. The Red Dress Collection 2009 Fashion Show was made possible by presenting sponsor Diet Coke; national sponsors Johnson & Johnson and Swarovski; and make-up partner Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Continental Airlines was the official airline partner. Fashion Week
National Wear Red Day
National Wear Red Day supports the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness. On the first Friday in February each year, women and men across the country can unite in the national movement to give women a personal and urgent wakeup call about their risk of heart disease. National Wear Red Day
The Heart Truth Road Show
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), together with the Office on Women's Health, DHHS, and other partners created The Heart Truth Road Show to bring health education and heart disease risk factor screenings to populations in U.S. cities at high risk for heart disease, the #1 killer of Americans. Learn more about the 2009 Road Show, sponsored by Diet Coke and General Mills. Road Show
First Ladies Red Dress Collection
This unique display, which originally debuted at the John F. Kennedy Center in 2005, features red gowns and suits worn by America's First Ladies as well as designer red to raise awareness of the #1 killer of women—heart disease. The Heart Truth First Ladies Red Dress Collection exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in California from February 16 through May 13, 2007, and will be displayed at the National First Ladies Library in Canton, Ohio from November 25, 2008 through May 30, 2009. View First Ladies Red Dress Collection
