BRATTLEBORO — To raise awareness among local women that heart disease is their No. 1 health threat, the Center for Cardiovascular Health at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital will present a series of events for February to promote “The Heart Truth,” a nationwide effort to spread information about women and heart disease, prevention, and wellness.
The month-long series includes:
• A radio series: “Matters of the Heart” (every Monday at 9:15 a.m. on WKVT-AM's “Live and Local”)
• A Red Dress breakfast with Phaedra McDonough, APRN (7:30 a.m. on Feb. 26)
• Café Chats with cardiac nurses for risk factors of cardiac disease (Feb. 11 from noon to 1 p.m.)
• “Love Your Heart” blood pressure screenings (Mondays from noon to 1 p.m.)
• Rapid CPR classes (Feb. 19 and 26 from noon to 1 p.m.)
• “Walk this Way to Better Health” fitness walks (Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 3:15 p.m.)