February 6, 2004: Taking Women's Health to Heart
Please join me in celebrating National Wear Red Day on Friday, February 6, 2004, a day when people nationwide will take women's health to heart by wearing red to show their support for raising awareness that heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United States.
By showing off a favorite red dress, shirt, or tie, you can support the national movement to give women a personal and urgent wake-up call about their risk of heart disease. The day is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and other organizations partnering with NHLBI's women's heart health awareness campaign--The Heart Truth.
National Wear Red Day supports the Red Dress as the symbol for women and heart disease awareness, allowing women and men across the country to participate in this life-saving awareness movement. NHLBI launched the Red Dress as the creative centerpiece of The Heart Truth campaign in February 2003. NIH is proud to join with national and local groups on the first Friday during American Heart Month in celebrating the first National Wear Red Day. Thousands of people will commemorate this important day through special events and awareness activities at clinics, hospitals, workplaces, and other public places to help spread The Heart Truth: "Heart disease doesn't care what you wear. It's the #1 killer of women."
The Heart Truth, a national awareness campaign for women about heart disease, is sponsored by NHLBI in partnership with the Office on Women's Health, DHHS; the American Heart Association; WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease; and other groups committed to the health and well-being of women.
Visit The Heart Truth campaign , for more information on women and heart disease.