Women, take heart Ways to ward off disease

Gannett News Service

Do you know the "heart" facts about women and heart disease?According to the American Heart Association 2002 Heart and StrokeStatistical update:

* Heart disease is the leading killer of American women each year,claiming more than 500,000 lives.

* One in every two women will die of heart disease or stroke.

* Women with diabetes are four times more likely than men todevelop heart disease.

Every year since 1984, more women than men have died ofcardiovascular disease.

Heart disease is a killer that often goes undetected in women.Clinical Advantage Outreach Initiative: Women and Heart Disease, aresearch study conducted by …