January 30, 2024 • 17 mins
Aired January 28, 2024: February is Heart Health Month! It's SO important to draw attention to this as ALWAYS but ESPECIALLY after a new survey JUST revealed that more than half of U.S. adults didn’t know that heart disease is leading cause of death for women and has been for the past 100 years! But the good news is...we can CHANGE THAT!
In this podcast, Lisa Foxx talks to Betsy Hart, MSN, RN, who is the Chief Operating Officer of Dignity Health Northridge and the American Heart Association’s 2024 Los Angeles Go Red for Women chairperson. Betsy has more than 15 years of experience as a nurse specializing in cardiac care. Throughout her career, she has developed programs aimed at advancing cardiac care. They discussed what the LEADING FACTORS are: High blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress, diabetes...narrowed arteries, in activity! You've got to MOVE YOUR BODY! You gotta get that heart PUMPING! They talked about how to learn about and REDUCE your cholesterol numbers and high blood pressure numbers and how smoking, drinking and being overweight, can all lead to health problems. Knowing hands-only CPR can be LIFE SAVING! Find out more and how to learn hands-only CPR at HEART.ORG #goredla #goredforwomen
In this podcast, Lisa Foxx talks to Betsy Hart, MSN, RN, who is the Chief Operating Officer of Dignity Health Northridge and the American Heart Association’s 2024 Los Angeles Go Red for Women chairperson. Betsy has more than 15 years of experience as a nurse specializing in cardiac care. Throughout her career, she has developed programs aimed at advancing cardiac care. They discussed what the LEADING FACTORS are: High blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress, diabetes...narrowed arteries, in activity! You've got to MOVE YOUR BODY! You gotta get that heart PUMPING! They talked about how to learn about and REDUCE your cholesterol numbers and high blood pressure numbers and how smoking, drinking and being overweight, can all lead to health problems. Knowing hands-only CPR can be LIFE SAVING! Find out more and how to learn hands-only CPR at HEART.ORG #goredla #goredforwomen
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