March 10, 2010  
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Women’s Health with Minoos Hosseinzadeh, M.D.
The Number One Killer of Women
"What You Need to Know"

Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States.

That means one in four women in the United States will die of heart disease. Compare that to the one in 30 women that die as a result of breast cancer. Within one year after experiencing a heart attack, 23 percent will die. Approximately 46 percent of women will be disabled with heart failure within six years of a heart attack. Although heart disease does not discriminate between men and women – being the leading cause of death between both genders – women with heart disease are more likely to die from it than their male counterparts. Often preventive measures are not taken because women are less likely to have chest pain during an attack and more often present with atypical symptoms. Women with chest pain also wait longer to seek medical advice, which is why it is that much more important to recognize common symptoms:
 
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