Message from the Heart

Guest blogger Linda Glenn:

An article in the Washington Post this morning reminds that heart disease kills more women than anything else. It is six times more deadly than breast cancer and more deadly for women than it is for men. And yet it is still under-recognized, under-studied, under-treated and under-funded, making women the another vulnerable population. Part of the problem is that screening tests designed originally for men often miss heart problems in women; these tests often need to be combined with other diagnostic tools such as an echocardiogram and a nuclear scan. Women need to educate themselves and bring to the attention of their health care providers that this is a serious problem that warrants further study.

- Linda Glenn