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Article: Women in mind: more and more companies are targeting women and providing solutions for female health issues.
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- Nutraceuticals World
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Eight million women in the U.S., compared to two million men, suffer from osteoporosis, according to the Society for Women's Health Research. The American Heart Association reports nearly 40% of all female deaths in the U.S. occur from cardiovascular disease (CVD), which in-cludes coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. And 38% of women, compared to 25% of men, will die within one year after a heart attack. As these health issues and others affect more women than men, the nutra-ceuticals industry is working hard to im-prove women's quality of life.
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