EAN: 9781783254156

A WOMANS HEART - ANGELA MAAS KARTONIERT (TB)

DID YOU KNOW... ...women are 50% more likely to be misdiagnosed following a heart attack?
...more than twice as many women die from coronary heart disease than from breast cancer in the
UK? ...two-thirds of clinical research into heart disease focuses on men?Coronary heart disease
remains the single biggest killer of women worldwide  yet it is still not seen as a woman's
problem. Every day the female heart patient is measured by male standards  which leads to
confusion  unclear diagnosis and often the wrong treatment.In fact  women are incomparable to
men down to each body cell  which has consequences for both health and disease. When it comes
to medical science  cardiology is the most prominent example in which gender matters.In A
Woman's Heart  Professor Maas explores how the female heart works and provides practical advice
for women  including: - The biology of the female heart - how it works and ages differently to
a male's - The effects of female-specific issues  such as menopause - Heart attacks in women-
Lifestyle tips to prevent heart diseaseThis vital book is the result of decades of
international research. It exposes the gender bias in cardiology and paves the way for better
heart health for women everywhere.

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