Research Lacking On Why Heart Disease Is More Deadly For Women

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  November 7, 2007

EXCERPT: "A woman who has heart disease is 50% more likely to die from it than a man who has it. Although experts can point to a number of possible explanations for this, the research on women and heart disease remains inadequate, says the new edition of a Harvard Medical School report, The Healthy Heart: Preventing, detecting, and treating coronary artery disease."   more

RELATED LINKS:

Harvard Health Publications: Special Report:  The Healthy Heart: Preventing, detecting, and treating coronary artery disease.

Lee, Thomas H., Harvey B. Simon, and Susan Gilbert.  The healthy heart: Preventing and treating coronary artery disease. Boston, Mass. : Havard Health Publications, 2005.  67 p. ISBN: 1933225807.  Publisher booklet Information.     WorldCat.org.