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The Heart
Truth Unveils First Ladies Red Dress Collection
Mrs. Laura Bush and six former First Ladies
support The Heart Truth campaign’s effort to raise awareness
that heart disease is the #1 killer of women
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| Who: |
Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States
(1981-1989)
Larry King, Host, Larry King Live, and Founder,
Larry King Cardiac Foundation
R. Duke Blackwood, Director, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
and Museum, and Executive Director, Ronald Reagan Presidential
Foundation
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., Director, National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute
Mary Hart, Host, Entertainment Tonight
Todd Magazine, President, Quaker Foods |
| What: |
Unveiling of The Heart Truth’s First
Ladies Red Dress Collection exhibit, featuring Red Dresses
and suits worn by America's seven living First Ladies. As
continued supporters of The Heart Truth, Mrs. Laura
Bush, the national ambassador for The Heart Truth campaign,
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mrs. Barbara Bush, Mrs. Nancy
Reagan, Mrs. Rosalynn Carter, Mrs. Betty Ford, and Mrs. Claudia
(Lady Bird) Johnson have contributed red dresses and suits
from their personal collections for a limited viewing at
the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Also premiering publicly
are six Red Dresses worn earlier this month in New York City
by celebrities in The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection
2007 Fashion Show, including the Carmen Marc Valvo dress
worn by Mary Hart. This showing of the collection is made
possible with the support of Quaker Oatmeal.
The Heart Truth is a national awareness campaign
for women about heart disease sponsored by the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National
Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. NHLBI launched the Red Dress as the national
symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002. |
| Why: |
Progress has been made in increasing awareness
among women that heart disease is their leading cause of
death — up from 34 percent in 2000 to 57 percent in
2006 — but challenges remain. One in four American
women dies of heart disease, and most women fail to make
the connection between risk factors, including smoking, high
blood pressure and high cholesterol, and their personal risk
of developing heart disease. The Heart Truth urges
women to talk to their doctor about their personal risk for
heart disease and take steps to lower that risk. |
| When: |
Friday, February 16, 2007 (February
is American Heart Month)
10:00 a.m. — Quaker Oatmeal Breakfast
10:50 a.m. — First Ladies Red Dress Collection Ceremonial
Ribbon Cutting
11:00 a.m. — Program
11:45 a.m. — First Ladies Red Dress Collection Opens
for Touring
The Heart Truth’s First Ladies Red Dress Collection
will exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
from Friday, February 16, through Mother’s Day, Sunday,
May 13, 2007. |
| Where: |
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA |
| More Information: |
For more information about The Heart Truth,
visit www.hearttruth.gov.
To arrange an interview or for more information, contact
Sally McDonough at 202-729-4215, or the NHLBI Communications
Office at 301-496-4236 or nhlbi_news@nhlbi.nih.gov |
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Part of the National Institutes of Health, the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute (NHLBI) plans, conducts, and supports research related
to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart, blood vessel,
lung, and blood diseases; and sleep disorders. The Institute also administers
national health education campaigns on women and heart disease, healthy
weight for children, and other topics. NHLBI press releases and other
materials are available online at www.nhlbi.nih.gov.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — The Nation's Medical
Research Agency — includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is
a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is
the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical
and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments,
and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about
NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
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