Heart disease and stroke are the leading killer of women in this country and one in three women lives with cardiovascular disease. And while every 80 seconds a woman dies from some type of heart disease, 80 percent of it is preventable. Those are the sobering statistics at the core of the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women campaign. This month Jim Hummel hears from two women featured locally in this year’s campaign – and CVS Health, which has committed to raising $10 million over the next three years for cardiovascular research and education.
