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NUMBER ONE KILLER OF WOMEN Is Heart Disease

By Joseph Hazan,M.D.,FACOG

 

Cardiovascular disease kills more women than

any other disease.

This is 12 times as often as

breast cancer related mortality.

Women also have been victims of

heart diease more often

than men for over 25 years.

The fact is that one

in three women die unexpectedly

of heart disease.

SYMPTOMS

Generally there is very little chest pain,

but mostly, shortness of breath and

weakness.

Sometimes neck, arm and back

pain are the presenting symptoms.

Abdominal or shoulder discomfort

with nausea, may mimic indigestion.

WHY SO COMMON?

It is now known that women at

the high risk age group of 45-64

are simply unhealthy at

alarming rates.

This is due to the widespread

incidence of obesity, high blood

pressure, elevated cholesterol,

diabetes and prediabetes.

Prediabetes is found in about

one third of women

aged 45-54.

High cholesterol is found in 60% of

the same age group, one third have

high blood pressure, one in five

smoke and two thirds are

overweight.

It thus becomes obvious that

this is a lifestyle-related health

problem, linked to the obesity

epidemic.

It is directly increased with high body

weight, high blood pressure,

high cholesterol and

high blood glucose.

Therefore it is manageable by

proper diet.

Depression is another common

risk factor.

Women with a history of depression,

anger management problems and

stress factors also

contribute to increased risk.

The highest risk factor is a

waist circumference

of over 35 inches.

If you or any female you know

has a waist circumference over 35 inches,

a thorough

evaluation is needed.

Women who lost 5% of their body

weight and

exercised two and a half hours

per week lowered

their risk of diabetes by 58%.

Tomorrow we will continue to

look into this most

serious healthcare risk for women.

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