Women unnecessarily suffering, dying from heart disease due to lack of research: report

“Heart disease is the leading cause of premature death for women in Canada, yet women’s hearts are still vastly misunderstood,” says Heart and Stroke Foundation CEO Yves Savoie.

A new report from the Heart and Stroke Foundation says a woman dies of heart disease in Canada every 20 minutes and are five times more likely to die from heart disease than breast cancer yet two-thirds of heart disease clinical research still focuses on men. (DREAMSTIME)