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Black and Hispanic Women Largely Unaware of Heart Disease Risks
RealAge "goes red" with quick heart checks and life-saving action plans
San Diego, CA, February 26, 2009 -- On the whole, American women are getting far savvier about heart disease, the leading cause of death among them. Yet studies show black and Hispanic women remain largely unaware of the risks, in contrast to white women, whose awareness has risen significantly since 1997.
To tackle this disparity, RealAge.com is giving women quick and easy access to crucial, life-saving heart info and action plans. As part of the American Heart Association’s "Go Red For Women" campaign in February, RealAge has introduced the new Heart Health Center at http://www.realage.com/conditions-and-diseases/heart-health. Visitors to the center can check their heart’s fitness, evaluate their cholesterol risk, and develop a personalized heart-health action plan.
Michael Roizen, MD, and Mehmet Oz, MD, authors of the best-selling and recently updated YOU: The Owner’s Manual as well as other YOU books, work with RealAge to clue everyone in to Major Agers like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. In their latest book, YOU: Being Beautiful, Drs. Roizen and Oz report, "About 70% of aging is affected by simple things you do -- or don’t do."
To bolster heart health, avoid heart problems, and lessen your chances of needing blood pressure and cholesterol medications, try these RealAge tips:
To learn more about your ticker and its healthiest habits, visit www.RealAge.com or contact Meredith Wade, RealAge PR, at 858-200-7497.
About RealAge.com
RealAge.com is a healthy-lifestyle Web site that inspires its members to "Live Life to the Youngest" and to pursue their health and wellness goals by making their RealAge younger. The site offers the patented RealAge Test, the most widely used method for measuring overall health, and is the official online home of the YOU Docs, Michael Roizen, MD, and Mehmet Oz, MD, and their best-selling RealAge and YOU books. Over 20 million people have measured their RealAge by taking the RealAge Test and have received a personalized plan to make their RealAge younger. This leading healthy-lifestyle Web site also features more than 65 additional health-risk assessments, as well as health tips and information, all backed by current, valid science. RealAge.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst Magazines, a division of the Hearst Corporation.
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