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Monday, October, 26, 2009

Why Is It More Likely For A Woman To Get Heart Disease

Study: Women's heart symptoms often mistaken for anxiety

October 22, 2008
Though heart disease is a leading cause of death in women, scientists have found that many women's heart symptoms are often attributed to anxiety and left untreated. In a new study, investigators found that when doctors examine patients who are stressed out and exhibit symptoms of heart disease, they are more prone to attribute the symptoms to anxiety if the patient is a woman. The researchers said that their findings may explain why women frequently don't receive prompt treatment for heart prob... Read more »

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Go Red! Women and Cholesterol
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...hopes of increasing our awareness and education about heart disease, the #1 killer in our... Read more »

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What You Can Do to Prevent Heart Disease
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...Heart Association, nearly every woman is in danger of heart disease and stroke. This means that... Read more »

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Heart Disease: The Number One Killer in Women
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

...minute from a cardiovascular event. Yet coronary heart disease is still considered by many as a... Read more »

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Breast Cancer and Hormone Therapy
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...received placebo, had a 37% reduction in coronary heart disease, an 11% reduction in stroke, an... Read more »

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Research finds decreased death rates in diabetic men, but not in diabetic women: why not?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...other therapy? Less aggressive medical management for heart disease? Or what?   The authors... Read more »

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...over 35). She had a family history that was remarkable for the death of her mother of arteriosclerotic heart disease at age 55. She was sent by her primary care physician due to some unusual... Read more »
Lowering Cholesterol for Patients
...total cholesterol levels can reduce your chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke, or dying of heart disease. If you already had a heart attack, keeping your cholesterol under control is... Read more »
Chapter 2: Is It Safe for Me to Exercise?
...moderate, physical activities. Vigorous activity could be a problem for people who have “hidden” heart disease — that is, people who have heart disease but don’t know it because they... Read more »
Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs
...any three of these factors working against you - a man over age 50 who smokes, or a post-menopausal woman with a ten-year history of diabetes and chronic unfavorable blood cholesterol levels,... Read more »
Heart Disease Introduction
...factors (e.g., smoking, high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol levels, diabetes, relatives with heart disease)A person's diseaserisk factors plus BMI may be the most important components in... Read more »

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