Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Gender Matters: Heart Disease Risk in Women, May 2004; pp. 1-3.
"We've come a long way since the days when a woman's worry over heart disease centered exclusively on its threat to the men in her life. We now know it's not just a man's problem. Every year, coronary heart disease, the single biggest cause of death in the United States, claims women and men in nearly equal numbers." (HARVARD WOMEN'S HEALTH WATCH) This article examines the increasing incidence of heart disease in women.
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American Heart Association
Health behavior Heart--Diseases Heart--Diseases--Risk factors Sex differences Women--Diseases Women--Health risk assessment