Heart Attack Prevention PSAs

Drop that French fry! Toss that donut! Just say “NO!” to second helpings. Pick up a jump rope. Walk your dog an extra block. Push! Push! Push yourself away from the table! Keep an eye on your good and bad cholesterol numbers. Know your family history and make your doctor aware of it. There are many easy, healthful things you can do to reduce your risk for heart attack or stroke for yourself and your family. And don’t think men are the only ones vulnerable to having heart attacks. Heart disease is the number one killer of women today. Heart attacks kill more women that all the cancers combined. Why? The symptoms are different for women. A heart attack doesn’t always show up as a shooting chest pain—sometimes it’s something subtler like nausea or a pain in the jaw. Women haven’t thought themselves to be at risk until recently and worry more about their husbands. Heart attacks kill more people than any other cause. But, you can fight back with information and positive action. Diet. Exercise. Knowledge.

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