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- $Title{Heart Attacks: It's Not Just a Man's Disease Anymore}
- $Subject{Heart attack Attacks Disease diseases male males Man men woman women
- female females risk risks chance chances danger dangers hazard hazards protect
- protective protection hormone hormones illness illnesses cause causes die died
- dead death deaths breast breasts cancer cancers cancerous fatal diet diets
- exercise exercises}
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- Atherosclerosis of Arteries*0009301.scf
- Causative Factors of Hypertension*0009601.scf
- Complications of Atherosclerosis*0009401.scf
- Exercise has Overall Benefits*0003209.scf
- Exercise Improves Circulation*0003207.scf
- Exercise Increases Metabolism*0003205.scf
- Exercise Lowers Triglycerides and Raises HDL*0003203.scf
- Exercise Strengthens the Heart*0003202.scf
- HDL Transports Cholesterol Back to the Liver*0002702.scf
- How Cholesterol Levels Affect the Arteries*0002701.scf
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- Copyright (c) 1993 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
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- Heart Attacks: It's Not Just a Man's Disease Anymore
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- QUESTION: I am woman now bidding farewell to my middle age years, and facing
- what is pleasantly called "later life". Recent publicity about heart attacks
- in women has put me to wondering what my personal chances and risks are. I
- have always thought of heart attacks being a man's disease. If this is not
- true, would you please explain?
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- ANSWER: Younger men certainly do face a greater risk of heart attack than
- women, probably because of the protective effects that female hormones
- provide. But as age progresses, women lose this advantage, and though heart
- attacks appear later in a woman's life, about 10 years after the average age
- in men, the statistics show that women's risk of heart disease is substantial.
- One in three women over the age of 65 suffer from heart disease of some kind,
- and these illnesses cause the death of about 380,000 women annually. Compare
- that to the figures for breast cancer, which kills 42,200 women each year, or
- all forms of cancer which cost the lives of about 227,000 women. That makes
- heart disease the leading cause of death in women in the United States. In
- addition the first attack is more fatal in women than in men, and women
- experience a second heart attack within four years more frequently than in
- men. I can't tell you what your personal risks are, but these figures
- highlight the importance of working to change your personal risk factors.
- Proper diet and exercise still remain the best avenues of accomplishing this
- important health goal.
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- The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
- problem.
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