Heart Disease Prevention & Treatment

John Osborne, MD, Ph.D, FACC

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has initiated a campaign to alert women to the risks of Heart Disease which is the number 1 killer of women. One in 3 will die of cardiovascular disease. In 2000, 366,000 women died compared to 42,000 deaths from Breast Cancer.

A half-million American women will die this year from cardiovascular disease. Since 1984, more women have died from heart disease than men and the gap continues to widen. Part of the reason is that women tend to under-estimate their risk and more often fail to recognize the symptoms of heart disease.

We, at State of the Heart Cardiology, have joined the Go Red for Women campaign launched by the American Heart Association, the US Department of Health and Human Services, and National Institutes of Health in an effort to raise awareness and provide information for women to take charge for their health.

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