ARTICLE: "HEART ATTACKS BECOMING MORE COMMON IN YOUNG WOMEN, STUDY FINDS"

Heart Attacks Becoming More Common in Young Women, Study Finds 

By Charlene Bollinger

From THE TRUTH ABOUT CANCER website

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A new study published this week in Circulation found that heart attacks are becoming increasingly common in young people – especially women. Until now, heart disease has been considered an affliction reserved primarily for older men, but that’s about to change. Although total heart attacks in the U.S. have decreased in recent years, new research has discovered that they are increasingly affecting young people. 

And women are the primary victims. 

20 years ago, 21% of hospitalizations due to heart attacks were attributed to young women. Today, that number has skyrocketed to 31% – nearly a 50% increase. According to Dr. Sameer Arora, cardiology fellow at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and the study’s lead author,

Cardiac disease is sometimes considered an old man’s disease, but the trajectory of heart attacks among young people is going the wrong way. It’s actually going up for young women. This is concerning. It tells us we need to focus more attention on this population.”

According to the study, there could be several reasons for the shift, including obesity and adverse health behaviors. Along with this increase came a rise in the history of hypertension (high blood pressure often brought on by stress) and diabetes, indicating a general decline in healthy behaviors. Our diet and lifestyle is literally killing us.