WHHI’s exploration of five themes found to characterize the experience of young women hospitalized with heart attack continues. In this post, we explore some of the reasons why young women hesitate to seek medical care. In a recent study, several competing and conflicting priorities were found to affect a young woman’s decision to seek medical...
In a recent study, discussed by WHHI in this blog post, five themes were found to characterize the experience of young women hospitalized for a heart attack. WHHI’s exploration of these five themes continues with the finding that participants are often inaccurate when assessing their risk of heart disease and commonly attribute their symptoms to...
In our last blog, we presented some of the latest findings about young women and heart disease, specifically, five themes that characterize the experiences of young women hospitalized for AMI (Acute Myocardial Infarction). Because WHHI believes that prevention is so important when it comes to heart disease, we are breaking down these five themes to...
Although heart disease is less common in younger women, it is no less important to understand the disease, and your risk factors at a young age. In fact, you could say it is even more important to be aware at a younger age, because heart disease is largely preventable. This means that the things you...
Cardiovascular disease has long been a leading cause of death in Canada, and for a long time, it was predominantly associated with older men. In the 1970s, with research and awareness on the rise, deaths due to cardiovascular disease began to decline for the total population. However, for women, the number of annual cardiovascular deaths...
