Women's heart health may not get as much media attention as breast cancer and other diseases, but the truth is that women need to take heart health to heart. The government website Womenshealth.gov (the "Federal Government Source for Women's Health Information") points out several facts related to women and their hearts. For example:
One in three American women dies of heart disease. In 2003, almost twice as many women died of cardiovascular disease (both heart disease and stroke) than from all cancers combined. The older a woman gets, the more likely she is to get heart disease. But women of all ages should be concerned about heart disease. All women should take steps to prevent heart disease.
Both men and women have heart attacks, but more women who have heart attacks die from them. Treatments can limit heart damage but they must be given as soon as possible after a heart attack starts. Ideally, treatment should start within one hour of the first symptoms.
For more information about women and heart health, gets the FAQs at:
http://womenshealth.gov/faq/heartdis.htm
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