Feb. 3 is National Wear Red Day to bring awareness to heart health

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February is American heart month. Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women particularly women of color. Felicia Pickett is a Go Red for Women Ambassador for the American Heart Association. She advises anyone who experiences a heart attack to directly go to the emergency room, not an urgent care facility because they do not have the proper equipment.

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