1. A Cautionary Tale Even healthy people get heart attacks.

Key to Your Health

Research by the NIH shows that fewer than a third of females reported having chest pain or discomfort prior to their heart attacks, and 43 percent reported have no chest pain during any phase of the attack. Talk to your doctor doctor right away if you think your symptoms are heart disease or heart attack.

Heart Disease and Women

  • 1. 400,000 women die annually from heart disease.

    • A. True

    • B. False

  • 2. More women die from heart attacks than men.

    • A. True

    • B. False