Today, February 6, is Wear Red Day, also known as National Heart Today. Meant to raise awareness for women’s heart disease, Wear Red Day was started by the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Heart disease symptoms for women are typically much more subtle than heart disease symptoms for men. The American Heart Association released some statistics regarding heart disease and women, such as how it’s 52% more likely for women to experience delays in getting treatment after calling 911 to report cardiac symptoms. Also, women are more likely to die from severe heart attacks once they’re in the hospital.
Women’s heart disease symptoms can include unusual fatigue, indigestion, anxiety and shortness of breath. During a heart attack, symptoms can be weakness, a cold sweat and dizziness. Some things that put people at risk for having heart disease are obesity, smoking and a family history of heart disease.
Take a Heart Disease Test
Heart disease is currently the leading cause of death in the world. In the United States alone, heart disease kills one person every 34 seconds. Getting a heart disease test is very important if you believe you’re at risk or have a family history of heart disease. Take a heart disease test at one of HealthCheckUSA’s many lab locations across the United States.
HealthCheckUSA is the nation’s leader in low cost, direct-to-consumer blood and lab testing and provides people the ability to access all types of blood tests without a physician’s referral and at half the price.
HealthCheckUSA has packages that make it simple for consumers to measure, monitor, and improve their health by being able to order their own lab tests without a doctor’s order. HealthCheckUSA serves customers without insurance, have high deductible insurance plans, and taking control of their health because their doctor won’t order the test.
The blood tests available through HealthCheckUSA are the same medically accepted lab tests ordered by doctors for their patients. The blood tests are analyzed by an accredited medical reference laboratory. The results are confidential, and are available by fax to you or your doctor, or by mail to you (please allow 10 working days for mailing). Results are also available on the HealthCheckUSA Web site within 3-4 business days. An information sheet with an explanation of each test, including normal reference ranges, accompanies all results.