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Heart disease is the single greatest killer of American women, although it is still widely misperceived by both women and clinicians as predominantly a man's disease.
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Highlights the persistent misconception of heart disease as a male-predominant disease despite it being the leading cause of death for American women.
It's the single greatest killer of American women, yet women and clinicians still see it as a 'man's disease.' Here's why-and what you can do about it.
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Halm et al. (1999) studied this question. Heart disease is the single greatest killer of American women, although it is still widely misperceived by both women and clinicians as predominantly a man's disease.
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