Women and cardiovascular risk

Only a small number of women identify cardiovascular disease as the greatest health problem facing women today. Most women do not know that heart and vascular disease claims the lives of more women than all forms of cancer combined.

The first step is to find out if  YOU are at risk. Click on these tools to assess your risk.


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