UAB celebrates Heart Month with community events

Throughout the month of February, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Medicine, and Heart and Vascular Services will raise awareness about heart disease and ways to help prevent it.

heart month 2016Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Each year, an estimated 785,000 Americans will have their first heart attack. However, the disease can often be prevented when people make healthy choices and manage health conditions.

Throughout the month of February, UAB Heart and Vascular Services will raise awareness about heart disease and ways to prevent it as part of American Heart Month with many events, including three communitywide initiatives. These include:

  • Friday, Feb. 5, Wear Red Day: Everyone is encouraged to raise awareness of heart disease in women by wearing red on National Wear Red Day.
  • Wednesday, Feb. 10, Love Your Heart: Visit the UAB Heart and Vascular Services information table on the second floor of The Kirklin Clinic and show your heart a little love. Heart-health information and giveaways will be available from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
  • Friday, Feb. 26, Heart-Healthy Recipe Tasting – UAB’s culinary team will prepare delicious recipes from UAB EatRight for sampling in the second-floor atrium of the North Pavilion. A new UAB Heart and Vascular Services recipe booklet will be available to take home. The event is from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

For more information on heart disease and to find out where you can see a physician at The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital or at the UAB Heart and Vascular Clinic at Acton Road, visit the UAB Heart and Vascular Clinic website or call 205-934-4011.