By Mayo Clinic staff
For years, women have lagged behind men when it comes to prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. But the gender gap has been widening. The number of men dying of cardiovascular disease has decreased while women's death rates have remained the same or even increased for some heart conditions.
An essay in the respected journal Circulation attributed the disparity in part to the "bikini approach" to medicine — a focus on women's disorders of the breast and reproductive system. Even women themselves have brushed off the dangers of heart disease.
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