A Womans Heart, Angela Maas
A Womans Heart, Angela Maas
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A Woman's Heart
Why female heart health really matters

Author: Angela Maas

Narrator: Maggie Ollerenshaw

Unabridged: 5 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Aster

Published: 10/08/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

DID YOU KNOW...
...women are 50% more likely to be misdiagnosed following a heart attack?
...more than twice as many women die from coronary heart disease than from breast cancer in the UK?
...two-thirds of clinical research into heart disease focuses on men?

Coronary heart disease remains the single biggest killer of women worldwide, yet it is still not seen as a woman's problem. Every day the female heart patient is measured by male standards, which leads to confusion, unclear diagnosis and often the wrong treatment.

In fact, women are incomparable to men down to each body cell, which has consequences for both health and disease. When it comes to medical science, cardiology is the most prominent example in which gender matters.

In A Woman's Heart, Professor Maas explores how the female heart works and provides practical advice for women, including:
- The biology of the female heart - how it works and ages differently to a male's
- The effects of female-specific issues, such as menopause
- Heart attacks in women
- Lifestyle tips to prevent heart disease

This vital book is the result of decades of international research. It exposes the gender bias in cardiology and paves the way for better heart health for women everywhere.

(p) 2020 Octopus Publishing Group

About Angela Maas

Professor Angela Maas is an internationally acknowledged and awarded expert in women's cardiology. She is a well-acclaimed lecturer and leads a centre for microvascular coronary disease with female patients from all over the world. In 2020 she was elected as a UN Women representative. She is an active member of many editorial boards and the author of several cardiology books. Her aim is to implement a more gender-sensitive cardiology care in clinical practice and to empower women working in healthcare and cardiology in particular.Twitter.com/maasangela


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chrissy

Ik heb dit boek gekocht voor twee redenen: Ik wilde meer leren over het hart en mijn Nederlands verbeteren. Indertat heb ik veel geleerd en veel nieuwe Nederlandse termen geleerd. Ik wil ook graag zeggen dat ik niet in de medische wereld werk. De auteur merkt vaak op dat niet alleen geslacht maar ook......more

Goed en leerzaam boek. Feiten en fictie via een kijkje in het specialisme cardiologie.......more