Originally published June 14 2005
Women have different heart health needs than men, author says
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A recent CBS News article featured an interview with Dr. Nieca Goldberg, author of a book on how womens' heart needs and heart diseases are different from men's, and how symptoms and treatments also differ.
There are many ways in which women differ from men when it comes to heart disease, and women need to be aware of these differences to ensure they're getting the best care.
In part two of this week's heart disease series on The Early Show, Goldberg urges women not to be afraid to talk to their doctors if they're feeling unusual symptoms that may be heart-related.
But take, for instance, a woman who has never been sick before but may have risk factors for heart disease.
All of a sudden, she gets shortness of breath when she walks, then she finds that she can't do as much walking as before.
That happened to one of my patients.
Interestingly enough, she was only in her 50s, and when she got to the hospital, the doctor told her she had a heart attack.
But being a woman, the first thing she thought about was who was going to pick her 10-year-old daughter up from school."
Oftentimes, women were told they were stressed when they had a heart attack.
I had a patient who was...a smoker, overweight and had a family history of heart disease.
Men often take aspirin to try to ward off heart disease, but Goldberg says research shows "not all women benefit from an aspirin a day.
A woman under 65 who has no risk factors for heart disease doesn't get any additional prevention by taking an aspirin a day.
However, women who already have heart disease, or who have diabetes, a family history, or multiple risk factors for heart disease, do benefit from aspirin.
As for prevention, Goldberg advises keeping tabs on your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and getting checked for diabetes.
In fact, nuts have good fats, monounsaturated fats that don't raise our cholesterol."
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