National Wear Red Day supports women's health

Observer Staff

2/2/2005 12:00:00 AM

National Wear Red Day-a day when Americans nationwide will take women's health to heart by wearing red to show their support for women's heart disease awareness-is Feb. 4.

More women die of heart disease than all cancers combined, yet less than half of women know that heart disease is their biggest health threat and most fail to make the connection between its risk factors and their personal risk of developing heart disease.

National Wear Red Day is an annual event held on the first Friday in February. On this day, women and men across the country will wear red to unite in the national movement to give women a personal and urgent wake-up call about their risk of heart disease. Everyone can participate by showing off a favorite red dress, shirt, or tie, or by wearing the Red Dress Pin. The pin is available at the Nimke Memorial Wellness Center as well as www.hearttruth.gov).

Join this national effort by wearing red on Feb. 4 and encourage your family, friends, and coworkers to do the same. Nimkee's Dr. Terry Nowak plans to wear his red tie to promote awareness of women's heart diesease. Many women fail to recognize they are as much at risk for heart disease as men. In fact, one in every three women dies of heart diesease.

By participating in National Wear Red Day, the Nimkee Memorial Wellness Center is joining "The Heart Truth" national awareness campaign intended to alert women about their risk for heart disease and motivate them to take steps to lower their risk. The centerpiece of the campaign is the Red Dress-the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness. What's a Red Dress got to do with it? A simple Red Dress works as a visual red alert to get the message heard loud and clear: "Heart Disease Doesn't Care What You Wear- It's the No. 1 Killer of Women."

Sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the campaign is reaching women with important heart health messages in community settings through a diverse network of national and grassroots partner organizations.

Red Dress Fashion Show

Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. to noon (lunch at noon) in the Tribal Gymnasium

Wear red to support Women's Healthy Heart Day

If you have a Red Dress and would like to be in the fashion show or have any questions, contact Emily Wiggins at (989) 775-4613.

All are welcome to attend.