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Cardiovascular Disease kills nearly twice as many women than cancer.
Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death among women. Physicians are urged to return to the basics to stop this killer.Post Date: June 5, 2006
Author: Susan Landers, AMA News
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Cardiovascular disease kills nearly twice as many women each year as does cancer, yet annual mammograms and Pap smears continue to be an easier sell than lipid profiles or regular blood pressure tests.
Despite years of warnings that women face an even greater risk for cardiovascular disease than men, the word has been slow to filter out. Women and their physicians still don't always acknowledge this threat, nor do they take steps to slow its onset, according to many experts. "It is really important to keep educating patients and physicians about this being such a devastating illness for women," said Norma Keller, MD, chief of cardiology at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
Figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention illuminate the problem. In 2003, 484,000 women died from cardiovascular disease compared with 427,000 men. Cancer, the next highest killer disease for women, claimed 268,000 lives that same year.