Akron Life April 2023

Go Red For Women

the energy to do simple tasks like grocery shopping, cleaning or walking up the stairs at work. My body was giving me signals, but I didn’t listen. Little did I know that I could have collapsed at any moment from a heart attack or stroke. Thankfully my doctor dis covered my condition. As women, we tend to put everyone else before ourselves. We cannot ignore or delay our own health. My desire is to educate women on the seriousness of heart and brain health as well as ensure that we do not forgo our own health matters.” Learn more about Woman of Impact by following the QR code to AHA’s website.

Kathy Vogel , On-air Personality, 97.5 WONE “My father lives with heart failure.

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He suffered a heart attack sometime in his adult life and did not know it. In 2021, he suffered a very mild stroke. Watching him struggle to do the things I do every day made me really focus more on my health. In 2017, I had an extremely low hemoglobin count that I did not know about. I couldn’t find

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Ms. Cyndi Annen Ms. Susan Boggs Ms. Katie Batdorff Mrs. Beka Eisenbarth Mr. William Ginter Dr. Robert Schweikert Mrs. Lorrie Shaffer Ms. Colleen Tulius Mrs. Amanda Waesch Ms. Barb Whiddon THANK YOU TO OUR 2023 GREATER AKRON-CANTON CIRCLE OF RED MEMBERS! Ms. Kathy Goldstein Ms. Teresa Golden-McClelland Mr. John Graham Ms. Delrica Grubbs Ms. Ramona Hood Mrs. Laura Kish Mrs. Sherry Neubert Ms. Elizabeth Newman Ms. Meghan Newman Mr. Kyle Passmore Ms. Buffy Phillips Mr. Timothy Phillips Mrs. Sandra Reid Mrs. Debra Shifrin Mrs. Tamiyka Rose

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