Healthy Hearts Focus of "Go Red for Women" Event Healthy Hearts Focus of "Go Red for Women" Event

2/14/14 - While some might be wearing red for obvious reasons this Valentines Day, a large group dressed in red Thursday for a different reason. The message from Thursday’s Go Red for Women event in Brighton was pretty simple - get heart healthy and take care of yourself. More than 100 women dressed in red and a few men gathered at Oak Pointe Country Club for the event hosted by The Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce and St. Joseph Mercy Health System. The goal was to raise awareness about women’s heart health, how to prevent it through education overall ways to be healthy and hopefully end the disease. Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States and the event offered ways to become stronger, healthier and stand together. There were a number of breakout sessions including zumba, yoga and one that focused on heart healthy meals on the go from Michigan Heart Cardiovascular Dietician Bev Kuznicki, who told WHMI it’s easier than one would think to eat heart healthy - choose more color, fruits and vegetables. The featured speaker yesterday was Dr. G. Alfred Dodds III, a cardiologist with Michigan Heart. He discussed the various risk factors for women, early detection and prevention. To learn more about heart disease and the Go Red for Women movement, click on the link below. (JM)