Most women are unaware heart disease is the leading cause of death

A recent survey found that only half of women from 25 to 60 years old knew that heart disease was the leading threat to women’s lives, NPR reports. 

Approximately 40,000 women die each year from breast cancer, but nearly 10 times as many women die from heart disease. The report says approximately 25 percent of women die from heart disease.

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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.

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