What's a good resting heart rate? What your resting heart rate can tell you about your overall health

A good resting heart rate depends on your age, gender, level of physical fitness, and overall lifestyle. Here's what you need to know.
Medscape

Women Less Likely to Receive Heart Transplant Yet Achieve Better Survival Outcomes

Of the 285 heart transplant recipients, 72% were men. After transplantation, women had better outcomes at both 1 year (92.2% ...

Men Need to Exercise More Than Women to Lower Heart Disease. Here's Why.

Exercise is like medicine for the heart, and just like with medication, you need the right "dose" for it to be effective.

Women reach heart health goals with less exercise than men, new study suggests

“Physiologically, circulating estrogen levels are much higher in females than in males, and estrogen can promote body fat ...
phillyvoice.com

Men are twice as likely to die of broken heart syndrome as women

Men are more than twice as likely to die from broken heart syndrome than women, according to a new study. Broken heart syndrome, also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is a sudden weakness in the ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Women face increased heart health risks as they enter menopause, but many don't know it

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Older women can reduce risk of heart disease, death by doing this

That’s the finding of a new study by researchers at Mass General Brigham that found taking 4,000 steps at least one or two ...