Outreach Education
World Heart Day
Sept. 25, 2005
Healthy weight, healthy shape.
The College joins the World Heart Federation and other health care organizations
worldwide in promoting this critical message this Sept. 25.
The ACC believes Healthy Eating and Activity
are the Right Tools for prevention.
Our HEART message is prominently displayed on these eye-catching posters
for your office. Download these graphics files to print for your patients,
or take them to any copy shop to create larger signage.
Heart Poster
1, Heart
Poster 2, Heart
Poster 3, Heart
logo
For more information on World Heart Day, visit www.worldheartday.com.
PhRMA Announces Prescription Assistance Program
Health care providers, frustrated with trying to help needy patients
with their medication and insurance needs, have a place to go now.
PhRMA has created the Partnership for Prescription
Assistance (PPA) program to make it easier for patients to learn
about and get access to programs that provide free or reduced-price
medicine to those in need.
The new program, which launches April 5, 2005, provides a:
- One-stop portal for information about more than 275 public and
private assistance programs for patients with varying needs, such
as low-income or uninsured.
- Toll-free phone number that patients, caregivers and providers may
call to speak with trained operators, who help them begin the application
process for the programs.
For more information, go to http://www.phrma.org.
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Toolkit
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among people
with diabetes accounting for at least two out of three diabetes-related
deaths. Please talk with your diabetes patients about their increased
risk for heart disease and stroke. Make sure they know that risk reduction
is possible and help them understand that diabetes is more than managing
blood sugar—it is managing blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol,
and other CVD risk factors. ...click
here to read more.
Women and Heart Disease
- Since 1984, more women than men die of cardiovascular disease.
- Heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 3 killers of women,
respectively.
- Cardiovascular deaths for men have declined over these last 20 years,
but there has been no change in the number of cardiovascular deaths
for women.
- Every minute in the U.S. a woman dies of heart disease; every year,
one in three women will die of heart disease and eight million more
will suffer its consequences.
- Heart disease claims more women's lives than the next seven causes
of death combined—nearly 500,000 women's lives a year.
And yet, less than half of American women know that heart disease is
their greatest risk.
These staggering statistics can be changed through awareness and education.
ACC is working with partners such as NHLBI and the American Heart Association
to educate women across the country—as well as physicians and medical
personnel—about the risks, warning signs and prevention of heart
disease.
Click here to read
and view photos about ACC's awareness events. |
