Conference aims to keep Hispanic women ‘heart-healthy’

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women, but Latinas are more likely to develop heart disease nearly a decade earlier than other women.
To stress how a heart-healthy lifestyle can keep the disease at bay, the American Heart Association held its Eighth Annual Vestido Rojo — or “red dress” — conference Saturday to help Hispanic women learn more about heart disease and how to make sure it doesn’t develop.
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