Major Risk Factors for Heart Disease among Women

Major Risk Factors for Heart Disease among Women

While many women (and unfortunately, many doctors) apparently still do not know it, heart disease is the number one killer of women. About a half million women die of heart disease each year in the U.S. - in fact, more women than men die from cardiovascular disease. Just as bad, women have significantly more strokes than men. So, to keep your chances of developing heart disease and stroke as low as possible, it is extremely important for you to control your risk factors(Etaugh & Bridges, 2013).

Non-Controllable ...