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| National wear red day |
National Wear Red Day is a day in February when many
people wear red to show their support for the awareness of heart disease. It
occurs in the U.S.
on the first Friday in February each year.
Friday, February
3, 2012 is National Wear Red Day when Americans nationwide will
wear red to show their support for women's heart health.
National Institute of Health suggests that you show off
your favorite red dress, red shirt, red tie, or Red Dress Pin to raise
awareness that heart disease—the #1 killer of women—is largely preventable.
So,
join the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office on Women's Health,
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, and
many other groups to promote National Wear Red Day in your local community.
The Heart Truth® created and introduced the Red Dress as
the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002 to remind
women of the need to protect their heart health, and inspire them to take
action. National Wear Red Day promotes the symbol and provides an opportunity
for everyone—men and women alike—to unite in this life-saving
awareness-to-action movement by wearing anything and everything red!
The Heart Truth—is a national awareness campaign for women
about heart disease sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
part of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
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