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Speaker 1: Hi, as Lisa Fox, and this is the iHeart so

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Speaker 1: Cal's show. Friday, February sixth is National where Red Day

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Speaker 1: in honor of February Bean Heart Month. It's a time

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Speaker 1: of the American Heart Association reminds us that even though

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Speaker 1: heart disease remains our leading health threat, there's still so

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Speaker 1: much that we can do to protect our hearts and

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Speaker 1: encourage heart health. It's also an important reminder that heart

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Speaker 1: disease is not just a quote unquote older person's issue.

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Speaker 1: Can happen at any age, So that means that everyone

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Speaker 1: should be paying attention to their heart health. And who

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Speaker 1: better to tell us about it all than Betsy Heart.

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Speaker 2: Hi Betsy, Hi, Lisa, how are you doing great?

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Speaker 1: Of course, loving your last name Heart perfect for this conversation,

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Speaker 1: but yeah. Betsy is the president and chief executive of

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Speaker 1: Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, which is

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Speaker 1: also celebrating it's one hundred year anniversary yay. She's also

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six chair of the American Heart Associations

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Speaker 1: the American Heart Association. Betsy was also a former cardiac nurse,

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Speaker 1: so she knows all about the burden of cardiovascular disease

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Speaker 1: and women. So, Bessie, before we dive into today's topic,

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Speaker 1: I know what you're second time sharing go Red for

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Speaker 1: women in Los Angeles, but I remember having you on

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Speaker 1: the show a while back when you first chaired the campaign.

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Speaker 1: Why is this cause so aside from being a nurse,

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Speaker 1: but why is this cause so personal to you?

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Speaker 2: So, Lisa, I'd say, there's two reasons why I'm so

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Speaker 2: deeply passionate about this cause. The first is my own

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Speaker 2: family history with heart disease. My grandmother died from heart

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Speaker 2: disease when I was in my twenties. By the time

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Speaker 2: died shortly thereafter her surgery. Really, yeah, she really really

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Speaker 2: think the second reason stems from the first. We can

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Speaker 2: help create awareness, which leads to prevention and live safe.

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Speaker 2: As a bedside nurse at the time, I had a

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Speaker 2: real commitment to educating people on risk factors for cardiac

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Speaker 2: disease and the methods of prevention. You know, as the

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Speaker 2: I'm very, very passionate about this cause and.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for that, Betsy. I got to say, I

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Speaker 1: have a note in front of me. It says that

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Speaker 1: there's some good news from the American Heart Association about

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Speaker 1: heart health. According to the twenty twenty six Heart Disease

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Speaker 1: and Stroke Statistics Update, deaths from heart disease are down,

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Speaker 1: but heart disease is still the leading cause of death

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Speaker 1: and has been for more than a century, and major

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Speaker 1: risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity are

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Speaker 3: Can you break this down for.

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Speaker 2: Us, sure, Lisa. So we've made real progress in the

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Speaker 2: More people are living longer even with those heart conditions.

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Speaker 2: But at the same time, the risk factors you mentioned,

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Speaker 2: blood pressure, WIBE, the diabetes continue to increase. And it's

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Speaker 2: really really about educating ourselves and making sure, for example,

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Speaker 2: on all of these risk factors. The awareness and prevention

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Speaker 2: paying attention to Wow, knowing, knowing our numbers, it's critical.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, knowing the numbers, that's that's a biggie. So can

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but I think blood pressure, blood sugar, body mass index,

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Speaker 1: And for younger people who think that they're not at

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Speaker 2: Right absolutely. You know, American Heart Association talks about life's

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Speaker 2: For sure, for sure, absolutely, Lisa, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So when you think about a person having a

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Speaker 2: Right for sure, and for anyone. I mean. American Heart

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Speaker 2: and we want you.

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Speaker 3: To rock your red.

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Speaker 1: Friday, February sixth is National Wear Red Day, Go Red

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Speaker 1: for Women, spotlighting the importance of heart disease for all people,

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Speaker 1: but especially women. It's our number one killer. Know your numbers,

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Speaker 1: knowing your blood pressure numbers, your cholesterol numbers, your body

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Speaker 1: feeling good. Betsy Heart, President and chief executive at Dignity

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Speaker 3: Go Red for Women dot org. Betsy, thank you awesome,

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Lisa, thank you, thank you.

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