Heart Disease Worse Killer
Than Cancer, Women Told

The World Health Organization urged women on Friday to take better care of their hearts, warning that cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks and strokes kill far more women than breast cancer every year.

"Although most women fear cancer, particularly breast cancer, they do not make the same efforts to safeguard themselves from heart disease, which is eminently preventable," said Catherine Le Gales-Camus, who heads the WHO's programs for non-communicable diseases and mental health.

"We must strive to make women aware that to keep their hearts healthy, they need to eat smart, kick smoking and move for health," she said in a statement to mark World Heart Day on Sunday.

Statistics compiled by the WHO from 21 countries show that of the 16.5 million who die each year of cardiovascular disease, more than half -- 8.6 million -- are women. Heart attacks and strokes kill twice as many women as all types of cancer combined.

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