Heart Disease Leading Cause Of Death In Women

February 22, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

Heart disease remains the number one cause of death among women, taking the life of one in three women each year. February is American Heart Month and the experts at Saint Luke’s Muriel I. Kauffman Women’s Heart Center are urging area women to take charge of their heart health…

Women's Health Alert: Fighting Heart Disease In Your 40s

February 2, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

The risk for heart-related death is increasing in young adults ages 35 to 54, and the numbers are even more alarming for younger women. It is the number-one cause of death for both men and women in the United States, yet every year since 1984 more women have died of cardiovascular health problems than men, according to the American Heart Association…