BAPS Charities Health Lecture on Indian Women and Heart Disease
Presented by St. Joseph’s Healthcare System’s Women’s Heart Center

According to the World Health Organization, South Asians represent 60 percent of the world’s heart disease patients. Indian people have three to four times the rate of premature heart disease. Heart disease is diagnosed in Indian people as young as 30 or 40 years old. Half of all heart attacks occur in Indian people under age 50. 25 percent occur in Indian people under age 40. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people from the countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
                               
The good news is that 80 percent of heart disease can be prevented if Indian people know their risks and take steps to reduce their risk. The St. Joseph’s Healthcare System’s Women’s Heart Center has launched an aggressive campaign to educate Indian people about the risks of heart disease, offer lifestyle strategies to reduce risk and provide a comprehensive risk screening evaluation that will identify risk factors and other signs of heart disease.

Carolyn Strimike RN, MSN, APN, a board certified nurse practitioner specializing in critical care, cardiology, and women’s heart health presented the health lecture.  She guided the audience on the need for a healthy lifestyle for heart disease prevention based on her recently published  books "Take Charge: A Woman's Guide to a Healthier Heart" and "Take Charge: A Man's Roadmap to a Healthy Heart."

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