Womens Heart Health-Ladies, Don't Miss Out On This!!

This is important for us to know about ladies. Cardiovascular disease is the single biggest killer of men and women in the United States!! However, womens heart health seems to be less at risk before reaching the menopausal state because of our female hormone estrogen. This hormone seems to act as some sort of natural protection.

Research tells us though, that ironically, even though slightly more men have heart attacks than women, women who do have heart attacks are twice as likely to die within the following weeks than men are. Some health professionals say this may be true because women and their doctors often fail to recognize the symptoms of heart disease since heart disease is typically thought of as a male problem.

Thus, paying less attention to the health of a woman's heart by not recognizing symptoms, leads to a delay in treatment that could be lifesaving.