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National Wear Red Day aims to raise awareness about heart disease, stroke for women

Go Red For Women: Star Jones, Valisia LeKae, Judy Kaye
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(KERO) — Friday is National Wear Red Day, a day when the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Movement asks all of us to add a touch of red to our outfits.

It's all to raise awareness about heart disease and stroke which is the No. 1 killer for women.

Dr. Nadeem Ggoraya, a family medicine practitioner at Dignity Health and a volunteer medical expert for the American Heart Association, discussed with 23ABC about how to prevent heart disease and stroke.

National Wear Red Day aims to raise awareness about heart disease, stroke for women

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