Breast cancer seems to be the #1 health concern of women. Thats seems to be what we read in the news and also what we usually hear from other women. But its not true. Heart Disease should come first.
More women will die the first year after heart attack than men. And over 200,000 will have heart attacks this year. This is a ' womens issue ' that needs more exposure. If you were to ask 100 women what brought them to hospital.......chances are good that over 40% would speak of heart problems. And many learn they had symptoms months ahead of time and did not recognize them until something happened. Same goes for some doctors. We are so apt to believe heart disease is a ' mans disease ' that women are overlooked.
Heart disease kills double the number of women each year than all forms of cancer. Yet, women are more concerned about breast cancer than heart problems.
The Dr Koop site is one of many good ones. They also have many free newsletters you can sign up for.
Sunday, August 21
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