 All this month get any smartphone 32gigand under for 50% off regular price at Appalachian Wireless. Better service, bigger savings, that's today's Appalachian Wireless. While supplies last, two-year agreement required. Women from around the region gather today at the Wilkinson Stumbo Convention Center at Geniwally State Resort Park for the annual Go Red event sponsored by St. Joseph Martin Hospital. The event provides women with health-related education and screenings. Well, the Go Red for Women annual luncheon is something that we host in conjunction with our parent organization, Kentucky One Health and the American Heart Association. And it's really about awareness. It's about making sure that women are thinking about heart disease, the impact it can have on them, their risk factors and how they can do a better job of managing their health and controlling their risk factors. Though Central Appalachia has become more health conscious in the last dozen years, it is familiar health concerns that continue to haunt the area. Well, certainly smoking is probably your biggest and it's very, very able to be controlled. Weight, diabetes and high blood pressure. You know, those are the ones that are everywhere. Basically stay inactive, getting active if they're not active already. And it has to be intentional. You can't just say, I have an active job, I'm watching my kids, I'm running around. You know, it has to be enough that you're sweating and your heart's racing. That's what you need to get to. With the region obviously burdened by a number of health issues, Stumbo says it's up to health providers to use events like Go Red to better educate and serve their communities. Eastern Kentucky, our citizens suffer from so many chronic diseases and really as health care providers, you know, it's our responsibility to educate the public and to do community outreach and try to put some things in place that are preventive so that we can help to begin changing those numbers. Organizers say the main focus of the event is to remind people to monitor their health and take advantage of regular screenings from area hospitals and doctors. Reporting from Prestonsburg for EKB News, I'm Jackson Ladder.