Hadassah Boston will be hosting “Girlfriends Take Heart, A Women’s Heart Health Program” on Wednesday, September 30, at Temple Beth Avodah in Newton Centre. This notable evening will offer an opportunity for women of all ages to learn about heart disease and specifically silent heart attacks and benign symptoms, which are the cause of death for one in three women in the US. Participants will also meet with top heart health professionals and mingle with Hadassah members and friends. The program will feature Dr. Malissa Wood, co-director of the Corrigan Women’s Heart Health Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Also joining Dr. Wood, will be past Hadassah president, Valerie Lowenstein and pediatrician, Dr. Stacey Maslow. Hadassah wants women, especially Jewish and younger women, to answer the wakeup call and become advocates for their own health. Heart disease is a killer with symptoms that are different in women than men. Hadassah’s new global education campaign aims to teach women these facts and empower them to be their own best “Heart Healthy Advocate.” Heart Disease Facts: • 42 percent of women who have heart attacks die within one year (vs. 24 percent for men) • 1 in 3 women over age 20 has some form of cardiovascular disease • A woman is 10 times more likely to die of a heart attack than breast cancer WHAT: A Women’s Heart Health Program by Hadassah Boston WHERE: Temple Beth Avodah, 45 Puddingstone Lane, Newton Centre WHO: Hadassah Boston members and friends and heart health professionals WHEN: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. COST: $18 To register by credit card, please call Hadassah Northeast at 781-455-9055. To pay by check, please make a check payable to Hadassah Boston, 1320 Centre Street, Suite 205, Newton Centre, 02459. Kindly RSVP by September 21.