New Research On Women And Heart Attacks

Even though more women today are aware of their risk for heart disease, women still seem to be doing worse with this health problem than men do.

According to the American College of Cardiology, two times the number of women (12%) than men (6%) end up dying at the hospital after a heart attack.[1]

And even when women survive the initial attack and hospital stay, the American Heart Association reports that one year after a heart attack, women under 55 tend to fare worse than men. They tend to have poorer mental and physical functioning, lower standards of living, and more chest …read more