Women and Heart Diseases ?

HEALTH BLOG, Studies have shown that the disease women fear most is breast cancer, yet more women die every year of heart and vascular disease than of all cancers combined.  In fact, one in three women in the United States dies of heart disease. Heart disease symptoms are different in women and men. More women than men die every year of heart and vascular disease, yet women are less likely than men to receive appropriate care.

At Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, (http://www.nmh.org/nm/bluhm+cardiovascular+institute) a team of dedicated physicians and nurses are working to change these statistics. They are learning more about heart and vascular disease in women, informing women of life-saving strategies they can practice in their own lives, and conducting clinical trials to advance knowledge in this field.

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