Hometown Weekly Staff
On Friday, Feb. 5, the Town of Needham and Beth Israel Deaconess - Needham (BID-Needham) will join forces to raise awareness about heart disease and strokes by wearing red.
Needham will honor Go Red for Women Day, a program of the American Heart Association, which draws attention to the fact that heart disease is the No. 1 killer among women in America, but that 80 percent of heart disease is preventable, according to statistics from the Heart Association website, www.goredforwomen.org.
BID-Needham and the Town of Needham want you to show your support by posting a photo of yourself wearing red to www.Facebook.com/bidneedham and to use the hashtags #NeedhamGoes Red and #GoRedForWomen.
Also, the Cardiovascular Institute at BID-Needham will be providing free pedometers and information about how walking can help heart health. Contact Alyssa Kence at akence@bidneedham.org or 781-453-5460 to receive the pedometer and the literature.
Some of the tips that were provided for having a healthy heart are to eat healthy, to exercise, and to regularly see your doctor for blood pressure and cholesterol checks.
Learn more at www.goredforwomen.org.
Josh Perry is an Editor at Hometown Weekly. He can be reached at news@hometownweekly.net and followed on Twitter at @Josh_Perry10.
