Divalicious Barbra Streisand has donated $5 million to LA’s Cedars-Sinai Medical for a women’s heart education and research program.
FIVE MILLION!
We applaud you, Babs!
Did you know that according to the National Heart Lung and Blook Institute heart disease is the #1 killer of American women?
Babs’ gift will create permanent funding for the Barbra Streisand Women’s Cardiovascular Research and Education at Cedars-Sinai, and the hospital said it would expand research efforts there.
Says Streisand, “Women need to be educated about female cardiovascular disease and the medical community must be propelled toward change. Just like with breast cancer the impetus must come from women themselves striving to become empowered to reduce their risks for heart disease.”
Nice to see celebs put their money where their mouth is. And Barbra has a BIG mouth!
[Image via WENN.]
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