Women and Heart Disease
Ladies First is a health screening program for Vermont women. Ladies First removes financial barriers which prevents many women from being screened for cancer or heart disease.
Heart disease is the leading cause of women’s death in Vermont and nationwide. Behaviors that help lower a person’s risk of dying from heart disease include not smoking, staying at a healthy weight, eating less fat and high cholesterol foods, and exercising regularly.
Also, getting periodic blood pressure screening, cholesterol screening, controlling high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and getting counseling to stop smoking may reduce risks related to heart disease.