Go Red Featured on TODAY Show
Go Red women Gail Mates and Rolanda Perkins along with AHA spokesperson and cardiologist Dr. Jennifer Mieres were the special guests on the NBC TODAY Show Sept. 10. Hosted by Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford, the interview, seen here, touched on the women’s real experience with heart disease and the lifestyle choices they are making to live healthier. See the full story on Go Red For Women Presents – Choose To Live – our half-hour TV special, airing on NBC stations nationwide. For local listings ...
Thanks for Sharing with Macy's
Macy’s is a proud national sponsor of the Go Red For Women movement. From now through Dec. 31, 2009, for each Thanks for Sharing membership purchased, Macy’s will donate $10 to national and local charities with the first $3 million donated to Go Red For Women.
Go Red on The Word Network
Learn about heart disease risks and healthy lifestyle choices on Go Red From the Heart, which aired recently on The Word TV Network. Targeting African American women, the program features host Lexi Allen, left, and Chef Delilah Winder. If you missed it, you can still see the show.
Featured News
In U.S., No Comeback Seen for Hormone Therapy
HealthDayNews, Aug. 9 -- Hormone replacement therapy once seemed like a wonderful means to help women age gracefully. By dosing menopausal women with estrogen and progesterone as their bodies began to produce decreased amounts of those hormones, doctors believed they could help fend off heart disease, osteoporosis and cancer...Despite these findings, experts with the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association say there's scant chance there will be any revision on the position on HRT in the United States anytime in the near future.
Optimism Appears to Lower Women’s Risk of Death, Heart Disease
DALLAS, Aug. 10 — Optimistic women have a lower risk of developing heart disease or dying from any cause compared to pessimistic women, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
High-salt Diet Contributes to Resistance to Blood Pressure Medications
DALLAS, July 20 — A high-salt diet may decrease the effectiveness of medications used to treat high blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension, researchers report in a small study published in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Support the Cause
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