dr. lazarus as us coming in, i think it's a very opportune time to have a psychiatrist lead the ama. you may all need his personal help and support, but also i think the country is primed for an important dialogue. there's no question that the recent tragedy in newtown broke the hearts of the nation. but it also gives us an important opportunity to address some issues which have gone unaddressed for too long, gun safety and mental health issues. often they are behind the shadows and not discussed. in the next few weeks, education secretary arne duncan and i are going to be launching a national dialogue aimed at ending the silence about mental health that keeps so many people from getting the help they need. i know the ama has already participated. you had one of her board members come to an at risk meeting sponsored by the vice president and you've already sent a letter to the president and congress offering your expertise as our nation grapples with these issues. and dr. lazarus, i know you and the ama will continue to help lead this conversation across the country. tonight you're g

dr. lazarus and congratulating him for his leadership this year. say hello to dr. madeira, your ceo whoever chris for a number of years and recognize following knee this morning on a piano, you'll hear from one of your former leaders who we get the opportunity to work with each and every day, that nancy nielsen, a former ama president, who is now part of our centers for an invasion, hoping to promote and drive a lot of the very exciting work going on in the delivery system and also hopefully throughout the course of the day you have a chance to talk to dr. mandy cohen, a great health later at hhs who does a lot of outreach with the physician community. i told dr. lazarus as i was coming in, i think it is a very opportune time to have a psychiatry sleep the ama. the law may need his personal help and support, but also, i think the country is behind for an important dialogue. there's no question the reason tragedy in newtown broke the hearts of the nation, but also gives us an important opportunity to address issues that have gone unaddressed for too long. gun safety

dr. daisy lazarus from med star health institute. are people starting to get the message?go red for women over the past ten years has saved 627,000 women's lives. so it's a huge impact. yet, if you poll women today, only 50% know that heart disease is the number one killer. the rest think it's cancer, breast cancer particularly, but heart disease kills more than all cancers combined. >> one of the things we were talking about, maybe the more aggravating things about this -- thing about this, it's preventible. >> absolutely preventible. more than 67% is related to simple behaviors. quitting smoking, doing a bit of exercise every day, losing some weight, cutting down on the salt in your diet, transfat. it's a very simple measures that every woman can employ every single day of her life. >> is heart disease difficult to diagnosis because women go to the doctor -- many women go to the doctor regularly. is it missed in regular exams? is that why so many-- >> i think a big part of it is symptoms tend to be quite different in women. both men and women can get chest pains but wome