University of Mississippi Health Care is proud to be central Mississippi’s premier sponsor of Go Red for Women.
Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association’s solution to save women’s lives. Too many women die each year because they are unaware that heart disease is their No. 1 killer. One in three women dies of this largely preventable disease – that’s almost one woman every minute.
This year, Go Red is asking women to bring a voice to this silent killer – Speak up to save lives.
Create a Go Red Dress contest winners
In recognition of the American Heart Association and Go Red for Women, UMMC departments were invited to participate in the Create a Go Red Dress contest. Thank you to all participants! Winners were (from left) Heart Transplant Division, first place; Mississippi Area Health Education Center, second place; and Central Pharmacy, third place.
What is Go Red?
University of Mississippi Health Care is proud to be central Mississippi’s premier sponsor of Go Red for Women.
Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association’s solution to save women’s lives. Too many women die each year because they are unaware that heart disease is their No. 1 killer. One in three women dies of this largely preventable disease – that’s almost one woman every minute.
This year, Go Red is asking women to bring a voice to this silent killer – Speak up to save lives.
Why speak up?
- Cardiovascular disease kills about 450,000 women each year, about one every minute.
- While one in 30 American women die of breast cancer, about one in three die from cardiovascular disease.
- More women die of cardiovascular disease than the next five causes of death combined, including all forms of cancer.
- Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.
- Only one in five women believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat.
- Heart disease is largely preventable. In fact, 80 percent of cardiac events in women may be prevented if women make the right choices for their hearts, involving diet, exercise and abstinence from smoking.
Why Go Red?
Research shows that women who Go Red are more likely to make healthy choices, including:
- More than one-third have lost weight.
- Nearly 55 percent have increased their exercise.
- Six out of 10 have changed their diets.
- More than 40 percent have checked their cholesterol levels.
- One-third have talked with their doctors about developing heart health plans.
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