Heart disease in women to be highlighted by range of events

Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010

HEART DISEASE is the number one killer of Irish women, the Irish Heart Foundation said yesterday as it announced events for next month to highlight the issue.

Consultant physician Dr Kate McGarry, chairwoman of the foundation's council on women and cardiovascular disease, said a woman died every two hours in Ireland from heart, stroke and blood vessel diseases: "When it comes to health issues, women are more concerned about breast cancer, even though seven times as many women die from heart disease and stroke in Ireland each year.''

She said the foundation's aim was to alert women that they were at risk of heart attack and stroke as much as men, especially after the menopause.

"But the good news is that a positive lifestyle can alter risk factors.''

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