Four health organizations have issued a new approach to preventing cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in women.
Cardiovascular health assessments for girls should be conducted starting around age 8 and take into account changes females experience in each stage of life as they carry out the assessments, the American Heart Association and three other groups said in the guidance, released on Oct. 26.
Cardiovascular disease includes heart disease and stroke and kills more than 400,000 women each year in the United States, according to the association. That’s more than the deaths from breast cancer, lung cancer, and chronic lung disease combined….