Political Quotes

“although we often think of cardiovascular disease as a men's health issue, the American Heart Association estimates that nearly one in two women will die of heart disease or stroke. However, because of its historically male stereotype, most women do not realize that they are at such high risk for cardiovascular disease even though cardiovascular diseases kills nearly 50,000 more women each year than men. Even more alarming is data reported by the Society for Women's Health Research which revealed that not all physicians know that cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death among American women. Each year nearly half a million women lose their lives as a result of heart disease and stroke. Fortunately, men have experienced a decline in deaths due to cardiovascular diseases since 1984; but women have not, and many of these tragic deaths could have been prevented had these women known they were at risk. For instance, they could have taken preventive measures by not smoking, lowering their cholesterol or blood pressure, or by eating more nutritiously, and perhaps avoided becoming a victim of heart disease or stroke. For many women, prevention is truly the only cure, since it has been reported that as many as two-thirds of women who die from heart attacks have no warning symptoms of any kind. Cardiovascular diseases kill more American females each year than the next 14 causes of death combined, including all forms of cancers.”