Englewood Hospital and Medical Center has established The Women’s Cardiac Health Center to help educate woman about living a heart smart lifestyle. The Center offers seminars and special events which empower women with information and tools they can use to take control of their cardiac health.

According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is the leading health threat facing women today, claiming the lives of close to 460,000 women each year, including nearly 14,000 women in New Jersey. However, women do not perceive heart disease as their major health threat, and many still fear cancer most.  

Heart disease also contributes to more deaths in women than men each year. Experts believe a gender gap in diagnosing and treating heart disease in women still exists. Among the reasons for this gap are that women are screened for heart disease less aggressively than men, evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular disease may be delayed, and women historically have been under-represented in heart disease clinical trials.

Every year, Englewood Hospital employees support the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” initiative.
On “Go Red for Women Day,” employees are encouraged to participate in hospital-based heart-health educational programs
and to wear red to promote awareness of heart disease in women.