Growing up, many of us believed that heart disease was something that women didn’t need to worry about. These days, we know that it’s not only common, but also the leading cause of death for women globally and second only to dementia in Australia.
Cardiologist and heart failure specialist Dr Monique Watts says that women have traditionally been excluded from medical research into heart disease. While that has started to change, there are still a number of remaining myths that can prevent women