The Commercial Appeal

Off to a good start

It’s never too soon to be mindful of heart-healthy habits

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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.

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