February is American Heart Month!

February is American Heart Month According to the Centers for Disease Control, Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, killing 289,758 women in 2013mdashthatrsquos about1 in every 4female deaths.Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a ldquomanrsquos disease,rdquo around the same number of women and men die each year of heart disease in the United States. Despite increases in awareness over the past decade,only 54of women recognize that heart disease is theirnumber 1 killer.Join the conversation with Dr. Icilma Fergus,Director of Cardiovascular Disparities at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Mount Sinai Medical Center.We will also meet two heart disease survivors, Gail Harris-Berry and Daniela Leonhardt. They will share their journey with heart disease and how they are giving back through being advocates for the American Heart Association.Association of Black Cardiologists Website: http://abcardio.org/ Facebook Page ID: ABCardio URL: https://www.facebook.com/abcardio Twitter Handle: ABCardio1 URL: https://twitter.com/abcardio1 Instagram Handle: ABCardio1 URL: https://www.instagram.com/abcardio1/ Linkedin URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/association-of-black-cardiologists trkapes000001e1000 GoRedForWomen CampaignAmerican Heart Association/The Greater Washington Heart AssociationWebsite:www.heart.org/dcandwww.yourethecure.org.