Sunday, December 20, 2009

Has the stereotype of heart attack being a man's disease vanished


Has the stereotype of heart attack being a man's disease vanished?
I heard on the radio the #1 killer of women is heart disease. That's interesting because I think most people would figure it's breast cancer. Anyway I think that is significant because it shows both women and men can have heart troubles (the physical kind/not the emotional kind).
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I think it's in the process of vanishing. The problem is partly that females tend to experience heart attacks differently than men. Theirs is often less painful and a woman might dismiss it as a heartburn rather than anything serious.
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As a heart patient, I do research on the subject. 60% of heart patients are women



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