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Article: Red Hot Mamas to discuss matters of the heart
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- Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
- Article date:
- March 2, 2006
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LEWISTON - "The Beat Goes On! Understanding Heart Disease and
Menopause" will be the topic of discussion at the Wednesday, March 8,
meeting of Red Hot Mamas, a nationwide support group dedicated to
menopause management education.
Anne Fereday, director of cardiovascular services at the Central
Maine Heart and Vascular Institute, will discuss the high incidence
of heart disease among women, post menopausal women, in particular.
"Cardiovascular disease kills a half million women in the United
States each year - 10 times more than die from breast cancer.
Postmenopausal women are more than twice as likely to develop heart
disease as perimenopausal women, and mortality rates increase with
age. ...