A new study, conducted in Britain, showed that women are at greater risk of heart attacks and premature deaths than men, according to ...
A new study, conducted in Britain, showed that women are at greater risk of heart attacks and premature deaths than men, according to the Telegraph.
Researchers from Leeds University and the British Heart Foundation say that women are denied "life-saving treatment", so they have a great chance of being subjected to heart attacks.
About 42,000 men and 28,000 women die from heart disease in Britain every year, and most of the deaths are linked to heart attacks.
However, the new study found that three times the expected number of women were killed by heart attack, compared with men.
"We need to work hard to turn the view that heart attacks only affect a particular type of person," said Prof. Chris Gill, professor of Cardiology and vascular medicine at Leeds University.
"Usually, when we think of a patient with a heart attack, we say it is a middle-aged man with overweight, diabetes or smoking. That's not always the case. "
"Heart attacks affect the wide spectrum of people," he said. including women. "
