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Heart disease in women: Understand symptoms and risk factors
Mayo Clinic — All women face the threat of heart disease. Discover how to protect your heart. Although heart disease is often thought of as a problem for men, more women than men die of heart disease each year. Women are six times as likely to die of heart ...More…
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Heart Disease in Women
Food & Drug Administration — A lot of people think that women do not get heart disease. More women die from heart disease than from anything else. Any woman can get heart disease. When you think about heart disease, you probably think about chest pain. Women might not have ...More…
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Heart disease in women: Understand symptoms and risk factors
Mayo Clinic — All women face the threat of heart disease. Discover how to protect your heart. Although heart disease is often thought of as a problem for men, more women than men die of heart disease each year. Women are six times as likely to die of heart ...More…
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Sister to Sister
Got questions about heart disease? Good! That means you're motivated to take control of your heart health so you can live longer, live better. If you've been screened for heart disease by Sister to Sister, you've already experienced how ...More…
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Un mensaje especial para las mujeres
Find out what women should know about their risk of high blood pressure. Muchas personas piensan que la presión arterial alta (hipertensión) es una "enfermedad por estrés" causada por el exceso de trabajo, la falta de ejercicio, demasiados ...More…
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Women, Heart Disease and Stroke
American Heart Association — Heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases are devastating to women, too. In fact, coronary heart disease, which causes heart attack, is the single leading cause of death for American women. Many women believe that cancer is more of a ...More…
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NHLBI - Press Release
New data released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health show that among all women, the level of awareness of heart disease as their number one killer continues to increase, ...More…
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Women on Mediterranean-type diets may lower heart, ...
American Heart — Women on Mediterranean-type diets may lower heart, stroke risk DALLAS, Feb. 16, 2009 - U.S. women whose diets most closely match the traditional Mediterranean diet - high in monounsaturated fat, plant proteins, whole grains and fish - are ...More…
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Evaluación Cardiovascular
Medicare — Medicare cubre evaluaciones cardiovasculares que examinan su colesterol y otros niveles de grasa (lípidos) en la sangre. Niveles altos de colesterol pueden aumentar su riesgo de un ataque o enfermedad cardíaca. Estas evaluaciones le indicarán si ...More…
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Las mujeres y el colesterol
Conozca por qué las mujeres tienden a tener un HDL más alto ( El estrógeno, una hormona sexual femenina, tiende a elevar el colesterol HDL. Por regla general, las mujeres tienen niveles de colesterol HDL (bueno) más altos que los de los hombres. ...More…
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Women may be more likely to experience EMS delays for ...
American Heart — Women may be more likely to experience EMS delays for heart care DALLAS, Jan. 14, 2009 - Women who called 9-1-1 complaining of cardiac symptoms were 52 percent more likely than men to experience delays during emergency medical services' (EMS) ...More…
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Cardiovascular Screening
Medicare — Medicare covers cardiovascular screenings that check your cholesterol and other blood fat (lipid) levels. High levels of cholesterol can increase your risk for heart disease and stroke. These screening tests will tell if you have high ...More…