{"id":69999,"date":"2016-02-19T11:18:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T19:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=69999"},"modified":"2016-02-19T13:59:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T21:59:25","slug":"womens-heart-health-awareness-fair-set-for-feb-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/02\/19\/womens-heart-health-awareness-fair-set-for-feb-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Heart Health Awareness Fair set for Feb. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-70000\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/heart-month.jpg\" alt=\"heart month\" width=\"240\" height=\"210\" \/>LANCASTER &#8211; Antelope Valley Hospital is hosting a free Women\u2019s Heart Health Awareness Fair on Saturday, Feb. 27.<\/p>\n<p>Titled <i>\u201cGet Pumped About Heart Health,\u201d <\/i>the event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the AVH Community Resource Center\/City of Hope Auditorium, located at 44105 15th Street West in Lancaster.<\/p>\n<p>It will feature heart health presentations, health screenings, CPR demonstrations and refreshments.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers will include Sen. <strong>Sharon Runner<\/strong> (R-Antelope Valley); Dr. <strong>Sameh Gadallah<\/strong>, cardiologist and medical director, AVH\u2019s Institute for Heart &amp; Vascular Care; Dr. <strong>Jennifer Termeer<\/strong>, emergency medicine; and <strong>Laurie Ramirez<\/strong>, RN, AVH director of cardiovascular services.<\/p>\n<p>This event is free and open to the community.<\/p>\n<p>February marks American <i>Heart Month<\/i>, a time to make changes that can lead to a lifetime of heart health.<\/p>\n<p>During American Heart Month, AVH is encouraging women to learn about their personal risk for heart disease. Risk factors include smoking; high blood pressure; high blood cholesterol; being overweight or obese; lack of physical activity; unhealthy diet; diabetes and pre-diabetes; and other conditions such as sleep apnea, stress and alcohol abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery risk factor counts, and having more than one can put you at serious risk,\u201d said Stephanie Herider, chest pain center coordinator and quality manager. \u201cWe hope women take the time on February 27 to come and learn more about how to protect their heart. It will be a fun and informative day.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><em>[Information via news release from Antelope Valley Hospital.]<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; Antelope Valley Hospital is hosting a free Women\u2019s Heart Health Awareness Fair on Saturday, Feb. 27. Titled \u201cGet Pumped About Heart Health,\u201d the event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the AVH Community Resource Center\/City of Hope Auditorium, located at 44105 15th Street West in Lancaster. It will feature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}