Off to a good start
It’s never too soon to be mindful of heart-healthy habits
Even newborns get in on National Wear Red Day, which raises awareness of the fact that 80 percent of cardiac and stroke event s may be prevented with education and action. Nursing intern Danley Herring slips a tomato-colored cap on an infant Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women. The American Heart Association’ s Babies Go Red campaign improves new parents’ understanding that congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting about 1 in 100 newborns each year.