Put your heart into raising up healthy women and girls
Women of the ELCA's bold health initiative that began at the Triennial Gathering will help women to focus on their emotional, physical, and spiritual health. Learn more about the health initiative.

Our Journey to Wellness: How to talk about health
A new resource from Women of the ELCA that serves as a guide for a non-threatening, inter-generational dialogue about health issues.

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Symptoms of a heart attack
Do you know the symptoms of a heart attack? Check out these physical warning signs of an impending heart attack.

Go Red for Women
Check out the American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women" campaign that is helping to raise awareness about heart disease and prevention for women. Check out the various ways you can support this movement.

Sister to Sister: Everyone Has A Heart Foundation, Inc.
This non-profit organization helps women recognize their risk of heart disease by offering free heart screenings at health fairs and events across the country.

The Heart Truth
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute along with partner organizations launched The Heart Truth campaign focusing on women and heart health.

WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
This organization was founded by three women in their 40s who suffered from heart disease. This organization advocates for early detection of heart disease for women.

National Women's Heart Health
National Women's Health Resource Center published Healthy from the Heart, (2006) a resource on heart health for women.

The ELCA's wholeness wheel
Have you heard about the ELCA's wholeness wheel? This wheel looks at several ways we can balance health. "The wheel reminds us that, although peak experiences are wonderful and healthy, being truly healthy and whole is about being in balance and intentionally nurturing all aspects of health surrounded and supported by spiritual health."

Strategies for heart health
The Mayo Clinic's Web site features an informative article about ways of adopting heart-healthy changes to one's life today.

Women do not know their risk
This article from the Medical College of Wisconsin site put together an alarming piece about the number of women who do not recognize their risk of heart disease.

Oral health and heart disease?
The Periodonists of America site explains that the plaque build-up present in your mouth could potentially increase the plaque build-up in the arteries of your heart.

Stress at work and heart disease
According to the latest research, stress at work can actually raise your blood pressure and may increase your risk of heart disease and diabetes.

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