Article: Many women ignore heart disease risk _ and so do their doctors.(The Providence Journal)

Article: Heart disease a silent epidemic among ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 21, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... silent epidemic in women. Heart disease is a risk for women _ just like breast cancer. ``If a woman's husband complains ... can contribute to a woman's risk of heart disease, Dalal says. With more women in the work force ...

Article: Heart disease plus arthritis equals ...
Family Practice News;  April 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... higher prevalence of heart disease alone (4%) or heart disease plus arthritis (4%) compared with women (2% and 3.5%, respectively). Women were more likely ... for arthritis and heart disease in all states in ...

Article: HEART DISEASE A SILENT THREAT TO WOMEN.(LIFE ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  February 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... silent epidemic in women. Heart disease is a risk for women -- just like breast cancer. ``If a woman's husband complains ... can contribute to a woman's risk of heart disease, Dalal says. With more women in the work force ...

Article: Heart disease: what can you do?(preventing ...
The Network News;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... aftermath of the Women's Health ... reducing a woman's risk of developing heart disease. We've written ... to encourage women to take sensible ... experience a woman has with heart disease before she ... obituary notices. Women are more likely ...

Article: Heart disease is a family affair
New Straits Times;  September 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ...New Straits Times 09-21-2008 Heart disease is a family affair Edition: New Sunday Times Section ... includes the risks of developing certain diseases such as heart disease. Heart disease is indeed a family affair. The risk of developing ...

Heart disease and associated risk factors among Hawaiians: ...
Health and Social Work;  February 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... health record. The heart disease mortality rate for Hawaiian ... the rate for Hawaiian women (244 per 100,000 ... Hawaiian population, women have slightly higher ... rates than men, and women older than age 45 are ... hypertension contributes to heart disease (Wegner, 1989a ...

Article: Heart disease in women: the silent, and ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 15, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... the disparity of care women are given in heart disease, likely would make better ... becoming more sensitive to heart disease in women and how to properly diagnose ... she said. Only 4% of women perceive heart disease as a probable cause of ...