January 22, 2010 — To raise awareness among local women that heart disease is their #1 health threat, Cibola General Hospital will participate in the National Wear Red Day. National Wear Red Day is a day when Americans nationwide wear red to show their support for women's heart disease awareness.

This year’s Wear Red Day is Friday, February 5, 2010 and hospital employees are participating by wearing red encouraging community members and other local organizations to do the same.

According to CEO Kenneth Cochran, "National Wear Red Day is a great opportunity to reach out to women in our community and alert them to their personal risk factors for heart disease. By joining together we can raise awareness locally about heart disease and help lead women on the path to prevention."

Cibola General Hospital is working in partnership with The Heart Truth, a national awareness campaign warning women about their risk of heart disease. The campaign is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in partnership with The Office on Women's Health (OWH) and other organizations committed to the health and well-being of women.

For more information about women and heart disease, including materials such as fact sheets about women and heart disease, please visit http://www.hearttruth.gov or call the NHLBI Health Information Center at 301-592-8573.