The Facts About Heart Disease for Women.

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The Facts About Heart Disease for WomenHeart disease is striking women in epidemic proportions. Thestatistics are chilling. Become knowledgeable about this silentkiller.http://www.oprah.com/health/yourbody/health_yourbody_heartfactold.jhtmlThe FactsHeart disease is the number one killer of women.Heart disease refers to the blockages of the arteries, according toDr. Mehmet Oz.Dr. Judith Reichman says that it is estimated that one out of everytwo women will die from heart disease.Heart disease kills ten times more women than breast cancer eachyear, and more than all other cancers combined.One in ten women aged 45 to 64 already suffers from some form ofheart disease.According to one study, nearly one fourth

of women who died ofheart disease were between the ages of 35 and 44.Women vs. MenMany of the symptoms of heart disease are often ignored,unrecognized or misdiagnosed, because women's symptoms arecompletely different than men's.Women under the age of 75 are twice as likely to die than men,because both female and male doctors often misdiagnose the symptoms,according to Dr. Judith Reichman.According to Dr. Reichman, women have heart attacks five to tenyears later than men, because women's estrogen levels decrease overtime and as women become menopausal, they lose some of theirprotection against heart disease.Dr. Mehmet Oz says that women's hearts are physically differentthan men's. He says that if you look at the arteries that provideblood flow to the heart muscle, men's are like rigid pipes, whilewomen's are soft.Only 30% of women who have heart attacks havecalcium in their arteries, whereas

90% of men who have heart attackshave calcium in their arteries. Therefore, heart disease is adifferent disease for women than it is for men.What African American Women Should KnowAfrican American women are more at risk for heart disease thanCaucasian women. And, if an African American woman has a heartattack, she is 69% more likely to die of that heart attack than aCaucasian woman, according to Dr. Judith Reichman.By the time African American women are in their late 60's, 79% willhave developed high blood pressure, according to Dr. JudithReichman. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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