Heart disease is often described as a men’s health issue, but that assumption has left far too many women unprepared for a very real danger. The truth is that heart disease in women remains the leading cause of death, and many cases are missed because the symptoms do not always look the way people expect. A woman may feel unusually tired, short of breath, lightheaded, or nauseated and never connect those signs to her heart. In many families, those symptoms are brushed off as stress, aging, or burnout until the condition becomes serious. That is exactly why better awareness of heart disease in women is not just helpful, but potentially lifesaving.
