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Abrazo Health, will be offered during national Heart Month in February.
Community members can visit abrazohealth.com to register for the daily series of webinars during the week of Feb. 15â19. The schedule and topics include:
Feb. 15 (noon): âHeart disease: Is it really the silent killer?â presented by Dr. Aye Win
Feb. 16 (noon): âManagement of atherosclerosis peripheral diseaseâ presented by Dr. Dawn Olsen
Feb. 17 (noon): âRelationship between smoking, heart disease and strokeâ presented by Dr. Emun Abdu
Feb. 17 (5pm): âWhy women shouldnât ignore chest pain and fatigueâ presented by Dr. Sheena Prakash
Feb. 18 (noon):Â âAtrial fibrillation or irregular heartbeatâ presented by Dr. Divya Varma
Doctors warn heart risks rising in younger women
Cardiovascular disease leading killer of women in the US
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Yesenia Berbiar woke up a little over a year ago feeling off. She had no idea she was suffering a life-threatening emergency.
“I just felt dizzy, I felt drunk, I didn’t really think anything of it,” Berbiar said. “And it wasn’t until I called my husband that he noticed a slur in my in my voice.”
By the time she got to the hospital, she couldn’t smile or speak. She was having a stroke, which doctors discovered was caused by an undiagnosed heart condition that she was born with.
Go Red for Women, the American Heart Association's signature women's initiative to end heart disease and stroke in women, empowers women to take charge of their physical, mental and maternal health