The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and partner organizations are sponsoring a national campaign called The Heart Truth. The purpose of The Heart Truth Campaign and its centerpiece, the Red Dress Project, is to make women and health care professionals more aware of the large health risks of and solutions to heart disease in women. One aspect of the campaign's goal is to give health care providers the knowledge they need to educate and care for women at risk for heart disease and with already established disease...in short, to improve heart health and care for women.

The University of Wisconsin is working with the University of Michigan and the Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services with overall goal of the project to develop a web-based online professional education program on heart health and disease in women with the express purpose of providing health care providers with information based upon a thorough review of the science.

For more information, visit the National Heart Truth Campaign site at:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/