HEALTHY BODY

  Preventing Heart Diseases in Women: The Natural Way   by James Pendergraft t women consider death from heart diseases as second only to breast cancer as the main cause of death. While it cannot be denied that breast cancer is also a top killer in women, it is wrong to think that heart diseases do not affect women that much. This erroneous thinking largely results from belief that heart diseases are more likely to strike men than women. At present, men are by far still the more numerous victims of heart diseases-but women are catching up. There are many factors that make women equally susceptible to heart diseases: 1) Foremost of this is the consumption preference for fast foods and other processed foods that contain large amounts of oil and fat, which contrib It is a sad reality that mosute to having heart problems.   2) Another is the growing number of women who smoke and drink-a testament to changes in lifestyle and fashion but very harmful to their health. 

Women And Heart Disease: The Untold Story I have to admit, sometimes I’m a little worried when I see all the publicity and awareness about breast cancer. Certainly I consider breast cancer a significant threat. As an integrative doctor, specializing in women’s health, I’ve seen enough patients battling this disease to know this first-hand. But as bad as it is, breast cancer is not the biggest killer of women. Heart disease kills more women than any other disease. In fact it kills more women than all cancers combined. And it kills more older women than it kills older men. Unfortunately, not enough women take this threat seriously enough. While it’s slowly gaining more recognition, it’s not on our radars . . . and it’s not on enough physicians’ radars as well. As one of my colleagues, a thoracic surgeon with a great sense of humor, said in a speech I recently attended, “I wish doctors would stop giving women the bikini treatment, focusing only on breasts and rep