Heart disease…

• Refers to the blockages of arteries.
• Is the number one killer of women.
• Will kill an estimated one out of every two women.
• Kills 10 times more women than breast cancer each year.
• Kills more women than all other cancers combined.
• Afflicts 10 percent of women aged 45 to 64.
• Is not only a killer of the elderly. According to one study, nearly one-fourth of women who died of heart disease were between the ages of 35 and 44.

How men and women are affected »