Brenda Mims, R.N., reviews cholesterol and blood pressure results with Go Red for Women heart disease lecture participant Sherrie White.

As women, we don't always put our health as a top priority. For many of us, we are busy being a mother, wife and daughter, while working full time. We juggle dropping one child off at dance lessons then the next at a t-ball game. Even though it is difficult to fit in the time to exercise for 30 minutes or make a nutritious meal, we should take the time to make our health one of our top priorities.
 

District 8-1 Health Director, William Grow, M.D., F.A.C.P, is traveling around the district throughout February to spread this message to as many women as possible through Go Red for Women heart disease lectures.

Since the 1980's, women have been dying at a higher rate from heart disease than men; although the stigma of heart disease is more often associated with men. Women tend to ignore the warning signs of a heart attack, attributing it to menopause or stress. But women must understand that heart disease is our number one killer.
 

"While the message of heart disease prevention is typically the same for men and women, women tend to ignore the signs and symptoms of heart disease more often than men," states Dr. Grow. "Many women feel they will be embarrassed if they get to the ER and the pain they feel isn't related to heart disease, but there is nothing to be embarrassed about if someone thinks they may be having a heart attack."