Category: Women and Heart Disease
HeartCaring program
HeartCaring® “Your Heart is in Your Hands”
This program works to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases and conditions in high-risk, under-diagnosed populations like women.
Make the right call
Effort Encourages Use of 9-1-1
“Make the Right Call” campaign will also recognize EMS workers
It can mean the difference between life and death. Calling 9-1-1 for medical emergencies may seem clear if it’s a catastrophic event. But, when it’s less clear, like when the less obvious symptoms of a stroke or heart attack occur, many people aren’t sure if they should call 9-1-1. However, the decision to make that call at the onset of symptoms can have a dramatic effect on a person’s recovery or survival.
Tracy's story
Tracy is an advocate for the American Heart Association and Go Red for Women. Listen to her story, as a young women of 40, needing to go through heart surgery.
Go Red for Women - Green Bay Luncheon
The 2010 Green Bay Go Red for Women Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, May 5th at Oneida Gold and Country Club. Call 920-205-8717 for tickets!
Meet the Director
Bellin Heart and Vascular is in the news again. This time, highlighted for the smart, strong and articulate women who leads the charge. Andrea Werner, is the Director of the Heart and Vascular Team at Bellin Health. A full article on Andrea can be found in the Green Bay Press Gazette: http://tinyurl.com/yg42ymg
National Wear Red Day
Wear red day helps to save lives! How you ask? This is the day that millions of people will choose to wear red and help to increase awareness of women and heart disease.
Why is smoking bad for you?
Overall, about 47 million Americans still smoke cigarettes. It makes me wonder if everyone really knows why they are bad for us. It makes me wonder, what the barriers are to get them to quit smoking. Read on for some facts and some tips.
Taking Aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke
Taking aspirin (ASA) to prevent heart attack and stroke. Should I do it? Here is an "Ask Kelly" question. The answer refers to the most recent guidelines, specific to women, to prevent cardiovascular disease.
Ask Kelly question about back pain and aortic dissection
Ask Kelly question:
Hi, 14 years ago I had a spontaneous dissection of the LAD descending. August 23rd of this year I had horrible building pain in my upper back. Shortness of breath, nausea and sweating. I thought it was just my back. Before I got upstairs to lie down my chest started hurting. So, I took an aspirin, because that happens often. However, in several minutes ALL pain was gone. I was shocked because the back pain had me in tears, I had taken a T3 two hours earlier to no effect. I have pain in my back daily now and an aspirin usually takes care of it.
My cardiologist wants me to get a CT scan, but I am not insurable because of my first attack. I am, female and 55 years old. It seems my symptoms indicate a dissection of the aorta, is this possible?
What exactly does it mean?
My doctor was too busy berating me for not quitting smoking and not having insurance to explain. Also, I am under stress because my husband has a few mental illnesses with BIG control issues. Thank you.
Video: The Artery Explorer
Watch this great educational video from AstraZeneca to increase awareness and knowledge about cardiovascular disease.
Women who did six things right had 80% lower risk of developing high blood pressure.
Living right can help people live healthier, and researcher John Forman of Brigham and Women’s Hospital can back that up with the experiences of women who did it.
3 Things Every Woman Should Know About Heart Attacks
There are three things every women should know about heart attacks.....watch........
Video: Prevention of heart disease and stroke
Click on this link to watch the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) video on reducing your risk for heart disease and stroke.
http://www.pcna.net/about/photos/index.php
Heart Rhythm Problems
Do you have an arrythmia?
Are you asking yourself: what is an arrythmia?
An arrhythmia is a change in the steady, regular beat of your heart. You may notice a skipped beat, beating irregularly, or beating very fast or very slowly.
Bellin Heart Care is the Best in the area!
Bellin's report is BETTER than US National rate for death after heart attack according to a recent report from the Hospital Quality Alliance www.hospitalqualityalliance.org
In a reporting period from July 2005 through June 2008, Bellin Hospital in Green Bay, is the only area hospital to be ranked BETTER than the US National rate in mortality (death) after Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI or heart attack). See this link: http://tinyurl.com/l6dhxx
Heart and Stroke Risk Assessment
Just found a risk assessment for heart attack and stroke from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Answers the questions and find out your personal health and risks. The report will also provide tips on ways to improve your health. Click on this link:
http://tinyurl.com/mtpayz
A women and heart disease presentation
I would like to share with you a presentation that I gave to a small group of women just this past February. The topic, of course, is women and heart disease.
The HEART for Women Act
The HEART for Women Act is a bill to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and stroke in women. HEART stands for: Heart disease Education, Analysis and Research, and Treatment for Women Act
Are women treated differently when having a heart attack?
You may have seen one of the recent Bellin Health commercials about women and heart disease. It describes how women, may sometimes be ignored when having a heart attack. Click on the video here to see the commercial I am talking about.
Stories from the heart
I would like to introduce you to Mary Jo Gordon. She is a woman. She is an educated, professional woman, who works for the Cardiac Arrythmias Research and Education Foundation (C.A.R.E.). She also has heart disease. Listen to her story....
The cold, hard facts about women and heart disease
One in Three women dies of Cardiovascular Disease……. Don’t let it be you! The #1 killer of American women is not breast cancer, it is heart disease.
