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KAREN LATIMER: The number
one killer of women?

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Heart disease.

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This isn't a new statistic.

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But until recently, cardiac
problems were thought

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to be a men's health problem.

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When you think heart
attack, most people think

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crushing, severe chest pain.

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But this isn't always
how it presents.

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Women have a tendency to
downplay our symptoms,

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ignore our symptoms,
suffer in silence,

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and we end up
receiving treatment

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later, sometimes too late.

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MARY COLLINS: More women
die in the United States

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from cardiovascular
disease than men,

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so we need to get the word out.

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However, with women, the
symptoms are much more subtle.

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They, very often, are
shortness of breath,

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some discomfort in the
upper chest feeling, nausea.

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And many times, women
will wait this out.

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And often, their health care
providers don't associate

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it with heart disease, also.

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KAREN LATIMER: And
I think sometimes

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women feel almost silly to--

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MARY COLLINS: Exactly, yeah.

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KAREN LATIMER: --draw
attention to themselves.

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MARY COLLINS: Even if they do
feel that there's something

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going on, very often, they
delay because they say, well,

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I've got to pick up the kids.

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I've got to make sure my
mother's taken care of.

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I've got to do the
grocery shopping.

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And what we do is
spend a lot of time

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with her, integrating or
asking her about symptoms.

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Then we do a quite comprehensive
cardiovascular exam, our body

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mass index, our
body fat percentage,

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and our waist measurements.

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We'll interrogate them
about their family history.

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And then we'll put it together
and look at their risk.

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Then we'll educate them.

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We'll spend a lot of
time teaching them

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exactly how to try to get
their particular risks

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into the most ideal range.

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KAREN LATIMER: So,
Joanne, when did you learn

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that you had heart disease?

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JOANNE DOYLE: I've been an
athlete for many, many years.

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And every time I tried to run,
I'd get this kind of odd pain.

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It just was weird.

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It didn't go away.

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It really hurt.

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And they did some tests, and
they said, we'll go upstairs,

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get an EKG.

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KAREN LATIMER: What
was your diagnosis?

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What kind of heart
disease do you have?

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JOANNE DOYLE: Well, my
arteries were clogged.

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One was 99% clogged and
another was 88% clogged.

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I competed at a very high level.

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I was fit.

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I ate well.

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But that was never
even on my radar.

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KAREN LATIMER: And
how do you feel today?

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JOANNE DOYLE: I feel great.

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I mean, within a couple of
weeks, I was back to normal

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again, and a new normal.

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KAREN LATIMER: So, Mary, give me
the most important things women

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can do to protect
their heart today?

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MARY COLLINS: The most
important thing that they can do

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is to incorporate a healthy
lifestyle, heart-healthy diet,

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30 minutes of aerobic exercise
about five times a week,

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and then women need to
know their personal risks.

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And at the end of
our screenings,

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we always ask each woman,
tell three of their friends

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what they just were able to
learn about heart disease

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from their screening,
because that's the way

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we need to get word out.

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KAREN LATIMER: February
is National Heart Month,

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and this is a great
time to see your doctor.

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Get your heart checked out,
learn about the symptoms

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of heart disease, and
take steps to protect

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your ticker for a long,
active, and wonderful life.

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