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FEATURED ARTICLE September is National Cholesterol Education Month!  Your blood cholesterol level has a lot to do with your chances of getting coronary heart disease. More than 65 million Americans have high blood cholesterol. By itself, the condition usually has no signs or symptoms, so many people are unaware that their cholesterol level is too high. This month, take time to get your blood cholesterol checked, and talk to your doctor about your other modifiable risk factors for heart disease. You can control your risk for heart disease up to 82% just by living a healthy lifestyle. The Heart Truth Community First Ladies Red Dress Collection Exhibit  From October 1, 2010 through August 14, 2011, an expanded installment of The Heart Truth® First Ladies Red Dress Collection was featured at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas. The exhibit featured red gowns and suits worn by 13 of America’s First Ladies, including Heart Truth Founding Ambassador Laura Bush’s famous Oscar de la Renta gown and a special showing of one of Jacqueline Kennedy’s favorite Oleg Cassini dresses. In addition, the exhibit featured 12 red designer dresses worn by celebrities in The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection Fashion Shows. The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum partnered with the Texas A&M Health Science Center to host educational stations around the exhibit about heart – related issues such as high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, obesity, and healthy lifestyles. Additionally, the Library and Museum hosted heart health screenings, The Heart Truth Champions Training, and issue forums to educate people about their risk for heart disease. For more information, please visit the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Ladies Home Journal  The Heart Truth is pleased to share that the campaign will be partnering with Ladies Home Journal to help support the magazine's Ladies Lounge events at malls across the country this fall. The Ladies Lounge events are set up as a lounge exhibit where women can come together in a comfortable space for an overall wellness experience — learning about their heart health, while also getting beauty and other wellness consultations. The events will be held on weekends from 12 – 4 pm at these locations/malls: Saturday, October 15 - Los Angeles, CA (Northridge Mall) Saturday, October 22 - Dallas, TX (Stonebriar Centre) Saturday, October 29 - Chicago, IL (Northbrook Court) Saturday, November 5 - Atlanta, GA (Perimeter Mall) Saturday, November 12 - Manchester, CT (The Shoppes at Buckland Hills) At The Ladies Lounge events, The Heart Truth's booth will include two top designer Red Dresses worn by celebrities in The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection Fashion Shows. In addition, the booth will provide Red Dress pins and heart health educational materials. We hope you will come out and join us! To learn more, visit www.lhj.com/ladieslounge. The Heart Truth Community Partner Spotlight Covenant Health  Covenant Health is taking its Know Your Six, Chicks exhibit and mobile blood pressure screening units to Knoxville's HoLa Festival on September 24, 2011. The HoLa Festival is a day-long celebration of diversity and a cultural salute to the east Tennessee community. The festival is part of the local celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Covenant Health will offer free blood pressure screenings and free Heart Truth educational materials in Spanish. For more information, please visit www.covenanthealth.com Eat For Heart Health Couscous with Carrots, Walnuts, and Raisins  This quick-cooking grain dish has a touch of sweet and nutty flavors to go with most main dishes! Use recipes from Keep the BeatTM Deliciously Healthy Dinners to spice up your meals! What’s good for your health is great for your taste buds. Get the recipe. |
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     The Foundation for the National Institutes for Health  Through a public/private partnership, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) have joined together to support The Heart Truth and women’s heart health education and research. The FNIH supports campaign events such as the annual Red Dress Collection Fashion Show and coordinates programs involving cause marketing/fundraising efforts such as the Community Action Grant Program. To date, the FNIH has awarded 20 grants totaling close to $650,000 to community-based organizations to develop, implement and evaluate activities and programming for women that promote The Heart Truth and encourage healthy lifestyle behavior change. Click here to learn more. Portion Distortion Quiz  A chicken Caesar salad had 390 calories 20 years ago. How many calories do you think are in today’s chicken Caesar salad? Click here to find out! Materials  The Heart Truth’s Real Women video has been a powerful tool to increase awareness among women about their risk factors for heart disease and encourage women to protect their hearts. Using the Real Women video, the NHLBI has created a series of vignettes that focus on different messages such as heart attack warning signs and heart diesease risk factors. Online Toolkit  The Heart Truth’s Online Toolkit contains all of the information, ideas, and materials you will need to plan your own Heart Truth event. Check out the toolkit today and get started! |
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The Heart Truth® is a national awareness campaign for women about heart disease sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Designed to warn women of their #1 health threat, The Heart Truth® created and introduced the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002 to deliver an urgent wakeup call to American women. The Red Dress® reminds women of the need to protect their heart health, and inspires them to take action. The NHLBI continues to lead the nation in a landmark heart health awareness movement that is being embraced by millions who share the common goal of greater awareness and better heart health for all women. The Heart Truth® partners include: The Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other organizations committed to the health and well-being of women. To learn more, visit http://www.hearttruth.gov. ®The Heart Truth, its logo and The Red Dress are registered trademarks of HHS. ®National Wear Red Day is a registered trademark of HHS and AHA. You are receiving this e-mail newsletter because you joined The Heart Truth E-zine mailing list and gave permission to the NHLBI to send you e-mails. We will not sell or rent your name and information to any third parties outside of the NHLBI. If you do not wish to receive additional quarterly updates, please enter your email address as it appears on messages from us at, http://network.nhlbihin.net/subscribe/htezine/unsubscribe.html. |
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