From red attire to great heart events, we're ready to share the love for heart health
It’s never too early to plan a meaningful wardrobe choice.
This Friday, Feb. 2, is Go Red for Women® day, a symbolic show of support for women’s heart health. Go Red means to wear red as an outward sign that you support research and education about women’s heart health and risk factors.
“Wearing red not only signals your support for women’s heart health, but it also can serve as a conversation starter with someone, giving you the chance to become an ambassador for women’s heart health,” says Deborah Sundlof, DO, Director, Women’s Heart and Vascular Program at Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute. “Both men and women are invited to go red and support the cause.”
Go Red Day for Women and National Wear Red Day® are initiatives of the American Heart Association (AHA). It always occurs on the first Friday in February, National Heart Month.
Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women and causes more deaths than all forms of cancer combined. Nearly half of U.S. women (44%) are living with heart disease.
Click here to read the AHA’s National Wear Red Day Activation Guide.
Join us in person at 11 a.m. if you can at the Easton Public Market, 325 Northampton St., Easton, for a cooking demonstration that shows how healthy eating doesn’t have to be boring or bland. Join Nidhi Mehta, MD, of Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute, along with a Lehigh Valley Health Network dietitian and cooks from the amazing team at Sodexo.
Eric Elgin, MD, Chief of Cardiology with Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute, will be joined by several colleagues for a Facebook Live event at 6 p.m. to talk about the latest advances in cardiovascular care. Joining Dr. Elgin will be Ronak Patel, MD, Shailendra Singh, MD, and Alison Wand, MD.
Join Apurva Vyas, MD, for a virtual session to learn all you need to know about heart attacks. Symptoms, treatment and causes will be discussed, and you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions.
Nidhi Mehta, MD, and Deborah Sundlof, DO, will present a virtual session from 6-7 p.m. on how non-cardiac diseases can affect your heart health. Various conditions including cancer, autoimmune diseases and diabetes will be discussed from a cardiovascular health perspective.
Andrew Sumner, MD, will host a virtual session at 6 p.m. where you can learn how to modify risk factors and reduce your risk for heart disease. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions.
For more information on all our heart-related educational offerings:
