What does your heart say?
Sometimes signs of heart failure are obvious. Sometimes they’re not.
February is American Heart Month, when we spotlight Hadassah’s year-round efforts to advance heart health and fight heart disease, the leading cause of death worldwide.
Around the country, Hadassah members and supporters are educating their communities, advocating for women’s health and supporting groundbreaking heart research at the Hadassah Medical Organization. In fact, the prestigious International Cardio-Oncology Society has declared Hadassah’s Cardio-Oncology Center as Israel’s first Center of Excellence for its multidisciplinary approach that enables and ensures optimal treatments for patients.
While heart disease is the number one killer worldwide of both men and women, symptoms present themselves differently in women than in men, and women are often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Hadassah raises awareness about the causes and risks of heart disease and empowers women everywhere to take charge of their heart health. Today, 80 to 90 percent of heart disease is preventable — and each of us can help.
Here are three ways to do your heart good this American Heart Month — and all year long.
1. Stay Abreast of Heart News and Stories
- As a baby, Sami’s life was saved this winter at Hadassah’s Pediatric Critical Care Unit (PICU) after a touch-and-go recovery from serious heart surgery.
- Hadassah’s Cardio-Oncology Center is declared Israel’s first Center of Excellence by the International Cardio-Oncology Society, which brings together cardio-oncologists from around the world with the aim of reducing cardiovascular disease in cancer patients and thereby saving patients’ lives.
- For the fifth year in a row, Newsweek named Hadassah one of the world’s top hospitals in cardiology.
- Staff at the Hadassah Medical Organization’s Linda Joy Pollin Cardiovascular Wellness Center for Women stress the need for all women to take charge of their own health needs “because no one else will.”
- A leading Hadassah heart doctor describes how he operates outside the box when performing innovative, lifesaving treatments on the Hadassah On Call podcast
2. Advocate for Heart Health
- Women have higher rates of delayed care, misdiagnosis and death in the year following a heart attack than men. Speak out now with Hadassah. Urge your legislators to cosponsor the HEART Act and prioritize women’s heart health.
3. Maintain a Healthy Heart
- Tone your body and mind at Hadassah Boston’s Heart Health Series event.
- (Israeli) dance away the winter blues at an event hosted by Hadassah New England.
- Follow these recipes for meals that are both heart-healthy and delicious. Creative hummus board, anyone?
- Reduce the stress in your life with meditation.
- Get your heart pumping with a virtual cardio dance fitness session.
- See the latest fashions at the Have a Heart Simcha Fashion Show and Luncheon in Florida.