National Wear Red Day 2016

Today, Friday, February 5, 2016 marks National Wear Red Day, which is the kick-start event for American Heart Month!

Why wear red today? Well, by wearing red, individuals can help raise awareness of cardiovascular disease and improve the health of our loved ones. National Wear Red Day is an annual tradition that was created to raise money and awareness about heart disease and stroke in women. Through educating others about this number one killer in our nation, we can help others live longer and healthier lives. Heart disease and stroke kill 1 in 3 women each year. Putting it into perspective, it kills approximately one woman every 80 seconds. However, the conditions of cardiovascular disease are 80% preventable!

The organization Go Red For Women advises women to schedule a Well-Woman Visit, a prevention check-up to review a woman’s overall health by measuring blood pressure, checking cholesterol levels and looking for signs of heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. They are also collecting donations to help fund research. If you’re on social media, you can also use the hashtags, #GoRedWearRed and #WellWomenVisit. Through their initiative and research to healthy lifestyle changes that began in 2003, they’ve found that:

1 Almost 90% have made at least one healthy behavior change.

2 More than one-third has lost weight.

3 More than 50% have increased their exercise.

4 6 out of 10 have changed their diets.

5 More than 40% have checked their cholesterol levels.

6 One third has talked with their doctors about developing heart health plans.

7 Today, nearly 300 fewer women die from heart disease and stroke each day

8 Death in women has decreased by more than 30 percent over the past 10 years.

Feel free to contact Drs. Ali & Ali and their newest addition to the team, Dr. Zarah Ali, if you have any thoughts or concerns. The caring team at Wellesley Dental Group will be happy to answer your questions! Contact us today at 781-237-9071 or smile@wellesleydentalgroup.com to set up an appointment and consultation.

Your little ones and teens are welcome to visit our pediatric dentist Dr. Van. Dr. Emad is happy to help with your orthodontic needs. For wisdom teeth extractions or any other periodontal or oral surgery needs, Dr. Ghazi would be more than willing to help.

References:

https://www.goredforwomen.org/home/get-involved/national-wear-red-day/

https://www.goredforwomen.org/wearredday-about/

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