You might not expect these signs of a heart attack in women


Heart disease is the number one killer of women, but the symptoms can be very different from the typical crushing chest pain. — TNS

Heart diseases kill more people than all types of cancer combined, but people tend to ignore the symptoms of a heart attack when they experience it.

This is especially so for women, who can have very different heart attack symptoms from what we know to be the traditional signs always depicted in movies and medical materials.

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