FARGO — Organizations across the U.S. are taking time today to focus on women’s health, with cardiovascular disease being the leading cause of death in women.

It’s National Wear Red Day.

In honor of the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” movement, buildings are lighting up red and employees are wearing red.

It’s a movement that has been celebrated for more than 20 years.

This year, Chrissy Meyer with the AHA says they’re hoping to spread awareness about CPR and teach women how to do it.

Meyer says in a life-saving emergency, women are less likely than men to receive bystander CPR because some people could be worried about inappropriate touching.

Other than learning how to perform CPR, she says there are other ways women can reduce the risk of heart disease.

“Knowing your numbers with blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, those are things that you can learn by going to your doctor or your healthcare provider and just having that conversation,” Meyer, the region senior marketing communications director with AHA, said.

If you’d like to donate to the movement, go to: https://www.goredforwomen.org/

Any donation will be matched up to five times for life-saving research and education. There will also be success stories about women who have been positively impacted by National Wear Red Day.

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