Fact:
If you have a preterm baby, your risk of heart disease or stroke is increased.

🫀Make sure you are screened for heart disease
🫀Control modifiable risk factors and keep a healthy lifestyle to protect your heart for your babies, loved ones& for you!
#GoRed #29daysofheart

Fact:
Women with early menopause- natural or surgical- are at a higher risk for heart disease
♥️ Get screened for heart disease
♥️Know your numbers
♥️continue to exercise regularly and maintain a healthy lifestyle
Talk with your doctor about your risk
#29daysofheart #GoRed

Culture has a lot of influence on what we eat. We can navigate this and still eat healthy.
#blackhistorymonth #29daysofheart

Fact:
If you have had or develop gestational diabetes, you have an increased risk not just for diabetes but also hypertension

♥️Ensure you are screened for diabetes annually
♥️Ensure you are screened for heart disease
♥️Keep your risk factors controlled
#29daysofheart #GoRed

Fact:
♥️ HDL does not protect you from the effects of elevated LDL
♥️ Women may have higher HDL than men but they still need to treat elevated LDL to ⤵️ risk of heart disease
#29daysofheart #heartmonth #savingwomenshearts #GoRed

Fact:
💓Women with #breastcancer are less likely to die from cancer but more likely to died from heart disease.
💓If you haven’t been screened for heart disease & are a breast cancer survivor, please discuss with your doctor
💓Know your risk!
#29daysofheart #savingwomenshearts

Fact:
Women are more likely to be misdiagnosed when having a heart attack compared with men. This is worse for Black women
🫀 Know if you are at risk
🫀 Ask if your heart has been checked
🫀 Don’t let anyone dismiss your symptoms
#29daysofheart #savingwomenshearts #listentowomen

Fact:
Women who present with chest pain or or other symptoms of a heart attack have delays in their assessment, are less likely to get an ECG or any cardiac monitoring, and are less likely to be evaluated by a cardiologist.
#29daysofheart #savingwomenshearts #goredforwomen

Fact:
Women need an ICD are less likely to get them compared with men.
Women benefit from ICD-CRT more than men. But again, they are less likely to receive them.
#scd #suddencardiacdeath #29daysofheart #heartmonth #savingwomenshearts #GoRed

FACT
🫀Women are at risk for heart disease when they have had hypertension during pregnancy
🫀 we should screen women within a year after pregnancy for CVD risk and throughout their lifespan
#29daysofheart #savingwomenshearts #cardioobstetrics #gored #valentine

Don't let your neighbourhood prevent you from eating healthy. #blackhistorymonth #29daysofheart

Structural racism & bias have a devastating impact on heart health & maternal outcomes of Black women.

These systemic issues put Black women at a higher risk for heart disease & poor maternal outcomes.

#29daysofheart #healthdisparities #equitablehealthcare #BlackHistoryMonth

more #29daysofheart coming your way ❤️️

thank you to the creators going live to save lives feb. 5-11

✨ tune-in and support them as they support us ✨

What he really said:
“What do you mean? Why didn’t you include women in your clinical trial? Enough!”

#29daysofHeart #GoRed forwomen #GoRed #SavingwomensHearts
Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center Cedars-Sinai Dr.Colleen Norris PhD 🇨🇦 Emer Joyce John P Erwin III MD MBA FACC

Proud to be a part of the TipsyTune Crew as we raise money to benefit The American Heart Association Association during #29DaysOfHeart !

Join us on #Twitch Sunday Feb 18th at 5pmPT/8pmET for CASTLE-VEIN-IA, as we cook up some #HeartHealthy dishes in our miniature, functional kitchen!

WOW 🤩, we're about halfway through #HeartMonth already! ❤️❤️❤️

thank you to everyone going live to save lives with us

here's your #29daysofheart line-up for the week

Health inequities persist. We can work together this #HeartMonth and #BlackHistoryMonth to raise awareness of the risks of heart disease so Black women are empowered to be heart healthy. #29DaysofHeart

✨ it's almost time ✨

thank you to the creators kicking off #29DaysofHeart ❤️️ with us this week

see you on thursday! 😍

HEART MONTH IS HERE!!!

our friends Jameson & Guinness have four reminders as we officially kick off this year’s 29 Days of Heart celebration 🥳🎉❤️

learn more and join in⬇️⬇️
liive.heart.org/29-days-of-hea…

#29daysofheart #wearredday

Happy #29DaysOfHeart ! The ABC has joined with WomenHeart in its annual campaign to raise awareness about heart disease in Black women. Each year during #BlackHistoryMonth and #HeartMonth , we encourage Black women to take charge of their own heart health.