Silent Killer making Noise

Heart_Disease_Scan_Blog_May09.jpg Heart disease is the #1 killer of women contrary to popular belief that breast cancer is the leader. According to a survey by the Heart Foundation 4 out of 5 women were unaware of this fact (in Australia). Just like women undergo cervical cancer and mammogram tests yearly, they too should be checking their heart health. Prevention and early detection are keys to survival and treatment of heart disease. News.com.au reported saying, "Today the foundation launches a six-week campaign, Go Red for Women, aimed at changing women's attitudes to the chronic but treatable and reversible medical condition. The campaign was first run in 2003 in the US, where heart disease is also the leading cause of death and disability, and is now held in 33 countries. Dr Mitchell said the message about ways to control risk factors - such as healthy eating, stress reduction, exercise and avoiding smoking - was relevant to women of all ages because damage to blood vessels accumulated from adolescence." After menopause is considered the peak of developing cardiovascular disease, however this program hopes to promulgate lifestyle changes in women in their 20s, 30s and 40s. Often times when the disease strikes it's only symptom may be a fatal heart attack, so with hopes of bringing awareness into the forefront women and physicians all around the world want to make some noise about the silent killer.

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