"The goal is really prevention, having people understand their risk, that they should try to get screened, know their numbers and then do something about it," Pollin added.
Pollin teamed up with cardiologists at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston where Dr. Joanne Foody focuses on prevention.
"The good news is that we know that 95 percent of heart disease is preventable by reducing risk," said Foody.
That means also becoming or remaining a non-smoker, controlling or avoiding diabetes, maintaining a healthy weight, eating the right foods, exercising 30 minutes most days and managing or reducing stress.
Heart disease increasingly affects women in developing countries. Cardiologist Dr. Dariush Mozafarian places a lot of blame on the global obesity epidemic.
"People are getting chronic diseases by not eating too much, but by eating poorly. What they're not eating is mostly what's harming them," said Mozafarian.
Mozafarian recommends increasing our intake of fish, whole grains, vegetables, vegetable oils and nuts and decreasing the amount of salt and transfats in our diets
Both doctors recommend public policies that promote heart health, and, of course, screening and education, the type that Irene Pollin and Carrie Vincent are doing one event at a time.
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