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Do middleaged women need to worry about heart disease?

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Yes: Middle aged women are also worry about heart diseases provided they have cardiac risk factors but the risk is slightly lower because of the female harmones ( estrogen ).

Dr Ali and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 1/12/2016

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