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3 Heart Truths for Busy Women

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As a lawyer and small business owner, I understand how easy it is for us as women to push past fatigue, aches, and pains to do what needs to be done but we must take care of ourselves. Even First Lady Michelle Obama has been extremely vocal about taking time to pamper yourself and recharge. As Miss Black Georgia USA 2012 I am honored to join the national Miss Black USA family as a spokeswoman for the Heart Truth campaign. With National Wear Wear Day behind us we must take the same excitement and energy to move our friends, sisters, and mothers towards recognizing the signs of heart disease and living healthier lifestyles to prevent this silent killer from taking over our community. Heart Disease - Is the #1 cause of death in women REGARDLESS OF RACE OR ETHNICITY - Signs can start as year as teenage years and are accelerated by obesity - Took 300K lives in 2008 with breast cancer being the 5th leading cause of death taking 40K lives. Here are three easy ways you can de-...

National Wear Red Day® Challenge For Heart Disease 2/3

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Ready, Set, Roll Out Your Red! Join the excitement and passion of our first-ever Wear Red Day Challenge. National Wear Red Day® is Feb. 3, 2012 It’s a day when individuals, groups and companies show their support in the fight against heart disease, the No. 1 killer of women, by rallying in red. Visit GoRedForWomen.org/WearRedDay Join @The BOSS Network as we educate women on HEART DISEASE in a live Twitter chat at 5pm CST with Dr. Kara Davis Chief Medical Officer of the Christian Community Health Center and  Author of Spiritual Secrets to Weight Loss and Spiritual Secrets to a  Healthy Heart will be released in the Fall 2012. Join us in your RED  at Starbucks  1001 W. Madison  (Chicago’s West Loop) 5:00pm Or Tweet Us Your Pictures Live in Your RED @TheBOSSNetwork Visit us at www.TheBOSSNetwork.org