The Heart of a Woman

[Luba]

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...595228,00.html

according to the American Heart Association (AHA), more women than men die from heart disease in the U.S., and 1 in 3 women is living with it today.

[TKDLady]

I have heard that. Scary.

[Harry_121]

Myfriend women are more likely than men to die from aortic dissection,a tear in the inner wall of the aorta, While women are less likely than men to suffer from a life-threatening tear in the aortic wall, they are more likely to die from it. Female patients with aortic dissection deserve special attention focused on strategies to improve early diagnosis, management and outcomes

[TKDLady]

How can we not suffer from it but are more likely to die from it? I don't understand that. What kind of symptoms do you look for and what kind of tests do they run to find this tear? I have a history of heart disease in my family. My dad and his brother died from heart attacks and so did my oldest brother.

[Duke]

I didn't know women had hearts

I can't wait to see the flack I take for this post.

[TKDLady]

You obviously haven't met the right woman. Some of us have hearts bigger than we know what to do with.

[Duke]

Well one things for sure, the women here have the biggest hearts of any gals I've ever known in my 38 years.

[TKDLady]

We do try.

[lolly]

if slim people are fat inside, i wonder what an overweith girl would be .. {that's me }

[Duke]

Originally Posted by lolly

if slim people are fat inside, i wonder what an overweith girl would be .. {that's me }

Slim and beautiful inside me thinks