According to Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics–2014 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association, each year in the U.S., nearly 300,000 women have heart attacks! Yet, according to a national consumer survey, most women’s handbags are better prepared for a broken nail (55%) or bad hair day (36%) than a heart attack (17%) Having just celebrated Mother’s Day, Bayer HealthCare, the makers of Bayer® Aspirin and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease announce year two of Handbags & Hearts, a national campaign that urges women to carry aspirin in their handbags at all times to be prepared for a sudden heart attack. After all, women never leave home without their handbags! Studies show that when taken during a suspected heart attack and for 30 days thereafter as directed by a doctor, aspirin has been shown to reduce the risk of death and lessen a heart attack’s damaging effects.
How does Aspirin work? In the event of a heart attack, call 911 and chew or crush and swallow aspirin as directed by a doctor.
Visit HandbagsAndHearts.com to learn the unique signs and symptoms of heart attack in women. You can also spread the heart attack preparedness message by going to the website. By doing so, Bayer HealthCare will make a donation ($1 for “Like” and $2 for “Share”, $1 for Coupon Redemption) to WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, up to a total of $50,000. And while there you can enter for a chance to win one of 31 designer handbags being awarded this month.