Obesity and Diabetes

What Women Need to Know: Getting the Facts About Women and Heart Disease

Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, June 18th, 2007

Many women don’t worry about heart disease, or if they do, they are concerned it’s something the men in their lives might develop. But that attitude is a mistake.

While it’s true that estrogen gives women some protection against the disease, at least until menopause, heart disease is still the leading killer of American women. Here’s what women should watch for.

Keep heart disease at bay. First, because the disease is so prevalent, prevention is the key. Two major risk factors—obesity and smoking—are in your control. Padma Uppalapati, M.D., a cardiologist on the medical staff at Baylor Medical Center at Irving, says that women sometimes develop a...

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