{"id":12721,"date":"2017-06-24T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=12721"},"modified":"2017-06-24T00:52:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T05:52:45","slug":"in-spite-of-extraordinary-progress-more-needs-to-be-done-to-save-women-from-heart-disease-says-american-heart-association-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2017\/06\/24\/in-spite-of-extraordinary-progress-more-needs-to-be-done-to-save-women-from-heart-disease-says-american-heart-association-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"In spite of extraordinary progress, more needs to be done to save Women from Heart Disease, says American Heart Association CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanWashington, D.C.<\/strong> – American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown and co-author of the study \u201cKnowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Cardiovascular Disease in Women\u201d published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, issued the following comments:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cCardiovascular diseases cause 1 in 3 deaths among women each year \u2013 more than all cancers combined. That\u2019s why the American Heart Association first brought this critical issue to light through the creation of the Go Red For Women<\/a>\u2122 movement in 2004.”<\/p>\n

\"Nancy<\/a>

Nancy Brown; Chief Executive Officer, American Heart Association<\/p><\/div>\n

“Since then, we\u2019ve reached millions of women and healthcare professionals through our groundbreaking education and awareness campaign. Yet, as this study and our own surveys show, awareness of heart disease as a women\u2019s number 1 killer is still needed among women and physicians.<\/p>\n

While heart disease-related deaths in women have declined and knowledge of risk has risen, the change is not happening quickly enough.<\/p>\n

The Association\u2019s work led to the first guidelines about women and cardiovascular disease for medical professionals. In 2004, the AHA in collaboration with other organizations, expanded its focus on female-specific clinical recommendations and sponsored the Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women, These Guidelines were updated in 2007 and the latest update was released in 2011. In addition, women-specific Stroke Guidelines<\/a> were published in 2014.<\/p>\n

February 2006 the American Heart Association collaborated with like-minded organizations to introduce the HEART for Women Act in both the House and Senate.  To show citizen support for the legislation, the American Heart Association asked women to sign red dress paper dolls, which were collected and delivered to Capitol Hill.  We collected enough paper dolls to wrap around the Capitol 6 times! This campaign helped build the momentum that ultimately led to Congress taking the following actions.<\/p>\n