STUDY SAYS WOMEN AT GREATER RISK OF HEART DISEASE



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Dr. Jai Maharaj

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Study says women at greater risk of heart disease

PTI
Saturday, September 27, 2003

United Nations - Women are slightly more likely to die
from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) than men and heart
attacks and strokes kill twice as many women as all
cancers combined, the largest-ever worldwide
collaborative study of heart diseases, published by the
World Health Organisation, has found.

Out of the total 16.5 million CVD deaths annually, 8.6
million are of women, according to the study, the MONICA
(MONItoring CArdiovascular disease) Monograph, the result
of a major research project conceived in 1979 in which
teams from 38 populations in 21 countries studied heart
disease, stroke and risk factors from the mid-1980s to
the mid-1990s.

The report was released by the WHO in connection with
tomorrow's 'World Heart Day', whose theme this year
(Women, Heart Disease and Stroke) aims to draw urgent
attention to the fact that CVD is not just a men's health
problem.

"Although most women fear cancer, particularly breast
cancer, they do not make same efforts to safeguard
themselves from heart disease, which is eminently
preventable," WHO's Assistant Director-General for
Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Catherine Le
Galhs-Camus, said at the launching of the report in
Geneva on Friday.

"We must strive to make women aware that to keep their
hearts healthy, they need to eat smart, kick smoking and
move for health," she added.

Worldwide activities to increase awareness of heart
disease in women will be organised on World Heart Day by
the World Heart Federation, a non-governmental
organisation dedicated to the prevention of heart disease
and stroke.

Published by WHO, the monograph has been supported by the
European Commission, medical charities and industry.

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