Sister to Sister

Sister to Sister is proud to have been part of the Boston community since 2004.  We are now partnering with the Cardiovascular Wellness Service  of Brigham and Women's Hospital to provide heart-health screenings, educational seminars, events, and more to the Boston area on a year-round basis. 

"Smart for the Heart" Online Program

Sister to Sister, in partnership with Brigham and Women's Hospital, is proud to announce Smart for the Heart, a comprehensive wellness program to empower women to improve their heart health. 

The program is based on its Health Risk Assessment (HRA), the premier questionnaire for calculating your personal risk for heart disease, with immediate results and comprehensive recommendations to improve heart disease  risk factors.

There is an extensive variety of tools to help achieve your health and wellness goals, including weight loss, healthy eating, stress reduction, and smoking cessation.   

• Meal Planner
• Food Log
• Nutrition Tracker
• Recipe Analysis
• Exercise Logs
• Pedometer Tracker
• Exercise Plans & Demonstrations
• Wellness Articles

We hope you will join us in Smart for the Heart, and to share this new resource with your friends, family and co-workers.  Please visit Smart for the Heart to sign-up.  It’s quick and easy, and all of your personal information will be kept strictly confidential.

Heart Happenings

 
To help individuals achieve their heart health goals, the Cardiovascular Wellness Service offers “Keeping our Hearts Healthy” – a quarterly series providing education and support to help our local community improve their overall health. Each event is designed to help individuals understand their cardiovascular risk and become empowered to reduce any risk factors they may have.

All sessions are held at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on the 3^rd Floor “Porch” of the Shapiro Building at 70 Francis Street, Boston, MA.

To register, please call 1-800-BWH-9999 or email bwhteleservices@partners.org and provide your name, contact information, and name(s) of seminars that you plan to attend. 

Wed, June 20th, 5:30-7pm
Keeping our Hearts Healthy: Cholesterol
JoAnne Foody, MD, FACC, FAHA

Wed, August 15th, 5:30 - 7pm
Keeping Our Hearts Healthy: Controlling Blood Pressure
Reena Pande, MD

Wed, September 19th, 5:30 - 7pm
Keeping Our Hearts Healthy: Living with Diabetes
Jorge Plutzky, MD

Wed, December 19th, 5:30 - 7pm
Keeping our Hearts Healthy: Weight Control
Paul Cohen, MD, PhD

Click here for more details on the presentation topics.

Heart Happenings Video Archive: To view the taped presentations and Q&A sessions from the 2011 series of Heart Happenings, please visit Brigham and Women's archives page. 

Upcoming Screening Events for 2012

The Cardiovascular Wellness Service is pleased to offer free monthly cardiovascular disease screenings as part of Heart Happenings, an initiative to prevent heart disease in our community. Screenings provide simple tests to measure risk factors for heart disease and one-on-one counseling sessions – a great step toward taking control of your own heart health.

 April 12, 10am-2pm
Roxbury Community College (Cafeteria)
1234 Columbus Ave, Roxbury, MA

April 14, 10am-3pm
Sportsmen's Tennis and Enrichment Center
930 Blue Hill Ave, Dorchester, MA

 June 3, 11am - 3pm
*Note: Blood Pressure screenings only
Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary Camporee
Barnstable County Fairgrounds
1220 Nathan Ellis Hwy, East Falmouth, MA

June 23, 10am-3pm
Sportsmen's Tennis and Enrichment Center
930 Blue Hill Ave, Dorchester, MA 

July 13, 9am-2pm
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Tower 2 Mezzanine (outside gift shop)
75 Francis St, Boston, MA

September 8, 12-4pm
Spirit of Roxbury
Yawkey Club of Roxbury
115 Warren St, Roxbury, MA

September 30, 12-5pm
El Planeta Health & Family Event
Reggie Lewis Center
1350 Tremont St, Roxbury Crossing, MA

October 26, 10am-2pm
The Work Place, 4th Fl
29 Winter St, Boston, MA 

October 27, 10am-3pm
Sportsmen's Tennis and Enrichment Center
930 Blue Hill Ave, Dorchester, MA

November 7, 9am-2pm
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Tower 2 Mezzanine (outside gift shop)
75 Francis St, Boston, MA 

*Note: Registration is not required for screenings, unless noted, and attendees are screened at a first-come first-served basis.

Sister to Sister's Womens' Heart Health Fairs

Sister to Sister is proud to have been a part of the Boston community since 2004 by hosting our Women's Heart Health Fairs.  From 2004-2009, more than 15,000 women attended our events while over 5,000 women were screened for heart disease risk factors! 

We love all those who attended our Heart Health Fairs and made these events a special community where women could come together and support each other's efforts to be heart-healthy!

Sister to Sister offered free cardiovascular screenings with immediate results and counseling interventions, cutting-edge medical information by top experts, and lifestyle pros who demonstrated simple cooking, activity, and eating changes that can lower heart disease risk dramatically.  Raffles, door prizes, massages and giveaways added to the fun. 

Check out some of the memorable highlights here!

Even though Sister to Sister is not currently hosting these large-scale live events, we now offer screenings for heart disease risk online at Smart for the Heart.  In partnership with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Smart for the Heart offers a Health Risk Assessment (HRA), the premier questionnaire for calculating your personal risk for heart disease, with immediate results and comprehensive recommendations to help improve any risk factors for heart disease .