A free patient education event on women and cardiovascular disease will take place on Saturday, June 16, from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Newton Marriott Hotel. Cardiovascular disease affects more than one in three American women, and is the leading cause of death among women.

Please register by June 13 by calling the American Heart Association at 508-935-3903, by emailing joann.cacciapuoti@heart.org or by going to bidmc.org/cvi.