Gender-Specific Risks for Cardiac Disease
from Advances in Women's Health
Host: Lauren Streicher, MD Guest: Marla Mendelson, MD It is 10 times more likely that an American woman will die of cardiovascular disease than breast cancer. Yet few female patients know what they should be doing to prevent heart disease. How can we help? Dr. Marla Mendelson, director of the women’s cardiology program and assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, reviews gender-specific cardiovascular risk factors and screening mechanisms with host Dr. Lauren Streicher.
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