7 Ways America’s No. 1 Killer Affects Women Differently Than Men

Woman having heart issues or heart attack at home.
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If you ask the average person to pantomime a heart attack, they will almost certainly clutch their chest and grimace in agony. It is the “Hollywood heart attack,” and for decades, it was the standard by which medical emergencies were judged. But for women, that script is often dangerously wrong. Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States, claiming more lives than…

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