Heart Disease in Women

When it comes to heart disease the stereotypical candidate is male, middle age, overweight, and lives an unhealthy lifestyle. But now women are being added to this list of high-risk candidates. "Heart attack is the leading cause of death in American women" (Internet 1). Womens symptoms have been ignored and mistreated when it comes to mild symptoms and discomforts associated with heart attacks. Not only was it the patients fault but that of the doctors. Doctors …

…but it has failed. "Estrogen-plus-progestin therapy should not be initiated or continued for the prevention of cardiovascular disease" (Manson 533), further studies need to be done, using different controlled factors. Works Cited Internet 1 Heart Disease & Women: How High Is Your Risk? The Planned Parent hood Women's Health Letter, May 1995, Vol. 2, No.3. Manson, JoAnn E. Estrogen plus Progestin and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease. The New England Journal of Medicine. August 7, 2003 vol. 349 no.6. pg 523-534