Take Control of Your Heart Health During Heart Month 2025
Feb 4, 2025Feb. Kicks off Heart Month Urging You – Be Your Own Heart Hero!
TUCSON – Heart disease claims the lives of more Americans every year than any other medical disorder, including all cancers combined, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). That is one reason why people everywhere, in February, talk about hearth health and the importance of paying attention to your heart, preventing heart disease now, and partnering with your medical provider to stay on top your own heart health!
According to the AHA, cardiovascular disease kills more than 930,000 people in the U.S. every year and nearly half of Americans (48.6%) have some type of cardiovascular disease, including coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke and/or high blood pressure.
An integral part of being your heart hero is getting to know your heart! Take a FREE online heart assessment at https://www.carondelet.org/health-assessments/heart-assessment that only takes 2-3 minutes, it’s quick and easy, and you get near-immediate results, based on your answers, about your current risk level for heart disease.
Heart Month also includes National Wear Red Day, Fri. Feb.7, also an annual event to raise awareness about heart disease, not just the leading cause of death in the United States, but the leading cause of death for women. People are encouraged to wear red clothing on this day to show support for women's heart health.
