Each year heart disease kills more women than all forms of cancer combined, and that's why knowing how to take care of your heart is so important.

Brenda Bush lost her father to heart disease at a very young age, so she was very concerned when a physical revealed that she had high blood pressure. "It was like 160 over 112 and I was like, hummm. So, the next day I had it checked again and I was real, real relaxed and calm and everything, so I had the nurse to check it and it was still real, real high."

When it comes to your heart, high numbers are never good, increasing your risk heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Cardiologist Arthur Muller says "We know the various risk factors for that, two of them are high blood pressure and cholesterol. Those can be measured."

Dr. Muller also says that heart disease is the number one cause of death for women-and doctors tell us that's because they don't even know they're at risk or what look for. So, knowing how to interpret numbers like, blood pressure is critical. "The old 140 over 90 being borderline is clearly abnormal now. One-thirty to140, if persistent, clinicians would even consider treating. High normal is 120 to130, normal is120 and below."

And what's a normal number for your cholesterol? Doctors recommend your cholesterol stay below 200 - but it's not all about just one number anymore. Dr. Muller explains "It's a multiplicity of numbers. It depends on your case history and it's individualized."

So this women's heart day, remember to remind the women in your life just how important taking care of their heart really is.

Monitoring your heart can also significantly decrease your risk for developing heart disease.