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Wear red: Support healthy hearts

Heart To help kick off the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women Campaign, MUSC employees and members of the community gathered to form a heart Feb. 1.

Go Red Day featured free blood pressure readings, fitness demonstrations, heart-health information and hands-free CPR demonstrations.

Dr. Philip Saul, director of pediatric cardiology, tends to one of the babies Feb. 1 in the Labor & Delivery area of MUSC. All the newborn babies wore red hats.

Throughout February Sodexo is sponsoring a contest to help people make the right food choices for a healthier heart.

One item in the Ashley River Tower and university hospital cafeterias will be marked with a heart to show it is the heart health food of the day. When the item is purchased, fill out a heart health contest entry card and drop it in the box. A drawing will be held for prizes, which include meals cards, ranging from $25 to $50.

Kevin Robinson puts a red hat on his daughter, Vistred, as his wife, May Frazier-Robinson, holds her. Vistred was born Jan. 29 and is wearing a red hat for the American Heart Association's National Wear Red Day to raise awareness about heart disease in women.

Friday, Feb. 8, 2013

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