Women and men alike can reduce their chances of developing and dying from cardiovascular disease by addressing their risk factors head on

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DON'T COUNT ON HORMONES
Hormones protect younger women against heart disease, but as we now know, hormone replacements do not protect postmenopausal women—and can actually increase the risk for women who have already had a heart attack. Birth-control pills are safe unless you are over 35 and smoke or have high blood pressure.
FROM THE APRIL 28, 2003 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2003

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