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Article: Studies show heart disease development in young women
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- March 15, 2005
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Courtney Thomas
University Wire
03-15-2005
(The Collegiate Times) (U-WIRE) BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women over the age of 25 according to the American Heart Association, but heart disease begins to develop at a young age and many women are unaware that it is a significant threat to their health.
In a recent study done by the AHA, only 20 percent of women said they view heart disease as their greatest personal health problem. Many women consider other medical problems such as breast cancer a greater threat than heart disease, but only one in every 29 women dies from breast cancer, while one in every 2.4 women dies from heart disease, stroke or another ...