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Heartline Magazine July-September 2003
Heart disease worse killer than cancer, women told.
The World Health Organization urged women to take better
care of their hearts, warning that cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks
and strokes kill far more women than breast cancer every year.
"Although most women fear cancer, particularly breast
cancer, they do not make the same efforts to safeguard themselves from heart
disease, which is eminently preventable," said Catherine Le Gales-Camus, who
heads the WHO's programmes for non-communicable diseases and mental health.
"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
said.
Statistics compiled by the WHO from 21 countries show that
of the 16.5 million who die each year of cardiovascular disease, more than half
- 8.6 million - are women. Heart attacks and strokes kill twice as many women as
all types of cancer combined.
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