Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson has joined The Women's Heart Alliance to help launch its new campaign, Fight the Ladykiller, and is urging women to fight heart disease by understanding the risk and getting their hearts checked.

Hudson, who stars in a public service announcement for the initiative, commented 'The problem is, only one in five thinks she's personally at risk and one woman dies every minute. I want to help change that and get more women to take this problem to heart and fight back. I want to motivate women to Fight the Ladykiller'.