Raising Awareness
Women are natural caretakers... yet, heart disease and related risk factors are often missed in women.
Symptoms of coronary heart disease and heart attack are different in women than their male counterparts...
Estrogen once thought to have a protective role... but it also promotes clot formation...
Some usual facts are that women are more likely to have a disease that affects smaller arteries...
Although many women have classic crushing chest pain... at least one third will have typical symptoms...
While men and women have similar rates of hospitalization, women tend to have longer stays...
Cardiac rehabilitation is a 12-week programme that includes supervised exercise, nutrition counselling...
Here are some tips for staying healthy and happy!
- Take stock of your heart disease risk at every age.
- Schedule routine health checks.
- Start or step up your exercise programme.
- Make healthy food choices.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Quit smoking or don’t start.
- Reduce stress.
- Get enough sleep.
- Limit alcohol to one drink or less.
- Listen to your body and seek help if needed.
With this knowledge, women can advocate for their own best health care. My advice: do one good thing for your heart every day.