Regular screenings for all patients should begin at age 20 and proceed in intervals. However, if you're at high risk for cardiovascular disease, you're likely to be screened more frequently. Risk factors include high blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking, a family history of heart disease, your age and your lifestyle.

February is American Heart Month. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans, according to the American Heart Association. However, heart disease looks different for each gender. “Women’s hearts are smaller than men’s hearts.

February is American Heart Month, a highlight of which is Wear Red Day, which aims to raise awareness about heart disease in women, on the first Friday of the month. Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in women.

Friday is the American Heart Association‘s 24th annual National Wear Red Day. Wear Red Day is always the first Friday in February, which also serves as American Heart Month. The association encourages people to wear red to raise awareness for cardiovascular disease,

Despite a storm canceling the "Glow Red Ceremony," Albany is set to illuminate the night in red as part of Wear Red Day, a nationwide initiative to raise awaren

Feb. 7—princeton — Heart disease is common across the region, so a local hospital took time Thursday for people to wear red, raise awareness about the symptoms of heart problems and promote lifestyles for maintaining a healthy heart.