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Wear red in honor of women Feb. 4 Feb. 4 marks the second annual National Wear Red Day for Women. Join the millions of women across the country who will wear red to help raise awareness of heart disease as the number one killer of women. Show your support of the Go Red For Women movement by wearing red, sporting a red dress pin and becoming a part of reducing heart disease in America's women. Cardiovascular disease takes the lives of more sisters, mothers, aunts, grandmothers and girlfriends than the next seven leading causes of death, including all cancers. More women than men die of heart disease each year and one in five women has some form of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular diseases cause about a death-a- minute among females. Less than half of women don't know heart disease is their number one killer. Without that knowledge, women are powerless to make lifesaving changes. Call to Action: Become a part of the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women, an awareness movement by women for women, by calling 1-888-MY-HEART or visiting http://americanheart.org. Red Dress Pin: As the icon of the Go Red For Women movement, more than 5 million pins were distributed nationwide since the inception of the program in 2004. Get one. Give one. Go Red For Women. Talk to your doctor about your risk factors and help yourself by learning your cholesterol levels, blood pressure and other key numbers. Join MUSC 12 Months to a Healthier Heart 2005. Program activities begin this month as part of National Heart Month. Be sure to wear red for the kickoff class Feb. 17 to show your support of heart month. Free monthly classes include weigh-ins, along with incentives for exercise-related activities and reaching heart-health goals. Each participant will receive a 12 Months to a Healthier Heart notebook for a one-time charge of $10. This notebook will include a heart-health tracking chart, food/exercise log, incentive activity prize card, MUSC Nutrition Guide booklet and heart health information. Recipe cards will be given out at every class.  For information, call 792-1616.   Editor's note: The Wellness Column, a column featured in The Catalyst, is presented by the MUSC Employee Wellness Committee. The TEAM MUSC visual highlights a team approach to health and wellness. Its goal is to keep MUSC employees, staff, faculty and students informed about wellness opportunities available as well as provide the latest health and wellness tips.  Friday, Feb. 4, 2005 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.