Go Red for Women celebrates its 10th birthday this year. In the 10 years since Go Red for Women and The Heart Truth began raising awareness of women’s risk of heart disease, more than 330 women per day were saved. That’s almost 14 women per hour, per day, for 10 years. Women’s awareness of the […]
Archives for 2014
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Feb 2014
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Feb 2014
I get it. Really, I do. I want this disease to go away too. I wish it never happened to me. It isn’t fair. I don’t deserve this. Neither do you. The worst part: I can’t control it. I can’t control my body. I can’t control my life . . . anymore. (More on that […]
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Feb 2014
Welcome to American Heart Month! I am partnering with The Heart Truth, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s women’s heart health initiative to take the myHeart28 challenge this month. I hope you’ll join me. It’s easy, just complete one simple task a day (today’s is “do squats for one minute”). Share the challenge and […]
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Jan 2014
It’s heart month time again! This year is my third American Heart Month as a survivor and while I’m not quite as busy as last year, what with that spokeswomaning gig and all, I’m still ready to Go Red and I hope you’ll join me. Here are lots of ways to Go Red in 2014! […]
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Jan 2014
Put on shoes, step on porch is my brother‘s mantra for getting himself going on a training run. That’s all you have to do, he says — put on your shoes, go outside, take a couple steps. No matter how long the run is, it always starts that way. When I had my second heart […]
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