ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Today is "National Wear Red Day" to promote heart disease awareness among women.
In conjunction, the American Heart Association has released a new film - a comedy about a woman having a heart attack.
The short film is a humorous exaggeration of a typical working mother, who's focused on the everyone else's needs.
A working mother herself, Elizabeth Banks directed the film and stars as the mom, who ignores signs of a heart attack in favor of getting her family out the door on time.
She partnered with the american heart association for this unusual way of spreading heart disease awareness.
"It was definitely tricky to convince them that using humor would be a great way to talk about heart disease," says Banks.
In fact, heart disease is the leading causing of death among women. Women can reduce the risk of heart attack eating right, quitting smoking, and exercising.
Cardiologist Dr. Martha Grogan says, "more women are dying of heart disease than men every year."
visit www.goredforwomen.org to see the whole video, and learn more about how you can reduce your risk for heart disease.