Did you know that heart disease affects women and men at equal rates, but research shows that women may be more likely than men to die after a heart attack? Here is important information to help you understand the symptoms and to keep you healthy.
More women die from heart disease than from anything else. The higher incidence rate may be due to unrecognized and/or misdiagnosed symptoms of heart disease in women, which can be more difficult to detect than the symptoms of heart disease in men. As a result, women, and even some doctors, may fail to heed the warning signs associated with heart disease.
