BETTERHEALTH
In one survey,
5
7
percent of women said
their most feared disease was cancer.
Only
9
. 7
percent chose heart disease,
the No.
1
cause of death nationwide.
e x is tin g h e a rt d isea se ); if th a t’s
th e ca se , ask a b o u t s w itc h in g to a
w a te r-so lu b le ty p e , w h ich m ig h t be
le ss risk y.
OUR EMOTIONS TAKE
A GREATER TOLL
C h r o n ic stre ss d o u b le s th e risk o f
h e a rt d ise a se b y e le v a tin g re s tin g
h e a rt ra te an d ra tc h e tin g up b lo o d
p re ssu re . A n d w o m e n h a ve sp e cia l
re a so n to b e c o n c e rn e d . R esearch
c o n d u c te d at th e U n iv e rs ity o f
C in c in n a ti s u g g e s ts th a t w o m e n
e x p e rie n c e g r e a te r le v e ls o f a cu te
an d c h ro n ic stre ss th a n m en do,
an d s tre s s -re la te d m en tal illn e sse s,
in clu d in g d e p re ssio n , o c c u r a t le a st
tw ic e as o fte n a m o n g w o m e n as
m en . “ G e tt in g c o n tro l o v e r stre ss
isn ’t ju s t a b o u t y o u r d a y -to -d a y
h a p p in e ss; it ’s c r itic a l to y o u r
h e a lth ,” sa ys N ie ca G o ld b e rg , M .D .,
d ir e c to r o f N e w Y o rk U n iv e r s ity ’s
W o m e n ’s H e a rt P ro g ra m in
N e w Y o rk C ity . F or h e a rt-s m a rt
s tra te g ie s th a t d e liv e r in n e r ca lm ,
g o to
b h g .com /stressless
.
IT’S WISE TO RETHINK
AN ASPIRIN REGIMEN
M a n y w o m e n s ta r te d p o p p in g
a sp irin re g u la rly w h e n th e ir
d o c to rs in fo rm e d th e m it co u ld
h elp p re v e n t a h e a rt a tta c k , b u t
th is re c o m m e n d a tio n w a s b a sed
o n s tu d ie s o f m en . N e w e r fin d in g s
fro m H a rv a rd U n iv e rs ity sh o w
th a t a sp irin d o e s n o t p re v e n t
a firs t h e a rt a tta c k o r d e a th in
h e a lth y w o m e n u n d e r 65. B e ca u se
h a b itu a l a s p irin u se ca n ca u se
sto m a c h u lce rs, if y o u ’re ta k in g
a sp irin p re v e n tiv e ly , ta lk w ith y o u r
d o c to r a b o u t w h e th e r y o u sh o u ld
sto p . B ear in m in d th a t so m e
y o u n g e r w o m e n — su ch as th o s e
w ith risk fa c to rs fo r h e a rt d ise a se
o r s tr o k e — ca n b e n e fit fro m a
lo w -d o se a sp irin re g im e n , sa ys Dr.
M ie re s. A n d if y o u su s p e c t y o u ’re
h a v in g a h e a rt a tta c k (see p a g e s 178
an d 180 fo r d e ta ils), th e A m e ric a n
H e a rt A s s o c ia tio n a d v ise s c h e w in g
an d s w a llo w in g o n e 325 m g a sp irin
ta b le t w h ile y o u ’re w a itin g fo r h elp
to a rriv e . T h is ca n p re v e n t b lo o d
fro m c lo ttin g in co m p ro m ise d
a rte rie s .
DRINKING IS MORE DANGEROUS
FOR WOMEN
G ra n te d , fo r m en and w o m en
a lik e , o n e a lc o h o lic d rin k a d a y ca n
b e n e fit th e h e a r t— in fa c t, it can
lo w e r a w o m a n ’s h e a rt d ise a se risk
b y 17 p e rc e n t. B u t b e y o n d th a t,
a lco h o l se e m s to a ffe c t m en and
w o m e n v e r y d iffe re n tly . S e v e ra l
y e a rs ag o , J ap an ese re se a rc h e rs
fo u n d th a t w o m e n w h o d ra n k 2 -4
d rin k s p e r d a y w e re 45 p e rce n t
m o re lik e ly to d ie o f h e a rt d ise a se
th a n fe m a le n o n d rin k e rs. O n th e
o th e r h a n d , m en w h o d ra n k th a t
m u ch w e re 19 p e rc e n t
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lik e ly
th a n m ale n o n d rin k e rs to d ie fro m
h e a rt d ise a se . T h e s tu d y d id n ’t lo o k
at th e re a so n s fo r th e s e s u rp ris in g
d iffe re n c e s , b u t it ’s p ro b a b ly b e s t to
im b ib e m o d e ra te ly w h ile s c ie n tis ts
se a rc h fo r a n sw e rs.
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