Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 4, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 local Winnie pc free 2001 equal Opportunity killer heart disease claims women and men alike cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in North this More than surgeons and scientists from 70 coun tries Are gathering in Winnipeg for the 17th world Congress of the International society for heart beginning this Story is part of our Exten Sive coverage of this important look for a special Section on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease the front lines to the frontiers in fridays Winnipeg free by Leah Janzen ask Canadian women what health problem they fear most and the overwhelming majority of them will say breast Little do they the deadliest threat to their health and life pumps quietly under their rib studies have shown that most women worry about the likelihood of develop ing breast said Terence an associate professor of Medicine at the University of but chances Are far More Likely die As a result of a heart in eight times As Many women die from heart disease and stroke than breast cancer in this and cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death and disability among Canadian the number of deaths from heart disease is just about equal for men and according to the heart and stroke foundation of men and women died As a result of heart problems in women health is a hot topic for researchers across the the National institutes of health has recently undertaken a study that will look at How women Are affected by diseases including heart cancer and and an International conference on cardiovascular health that begins in Winnipeg on Friday will devote a number of workshops to the Issue of women and cardiovascular so Why Arent More women aware of the threat of heart disease and stroke according to Don executive director of the Kinsmen refit heart disease suffers from an image problem where women Are Fletcher noted that until very recently heart attacks and strokes were viewed Jeff of body Winni Pio free press Philpott refused to believe she was having a heart attack that was before she had a triple bypass heart As the exclusive Domain of overweight men who smoked and worked too even Linda a 48 year old Mother of refused to believe she was having a heart attack when she began to experience Chest Dis Comfort one evening eight years i didst consider it a women Dis she said less than a year after her triple bypass we never heard about women having heart i was 40 and a Why would i have a heart attack even after her doctor told her shed had a heart Philpott remained in i wanted to go on my trip to vegas in three she with a i just believe another part of the reason so Many women Are being taken by Surprise by heart disease and stroke is the fact until very were not targeted for cardiac Kavanagh who will speak on the health Issue of women and heart disease at the refit Cen tre on july 11 said most scientific research ignored women Assum ing what researchers discovered about men could be generalized to Deal with female heart patients As More up Odate scientific data has shown that Assumption to be fatally when researchers began to study the effect of heart disease on they found women experienced different symptoms than men and responded differently to treatment than their male scientists also found that the risk fac tors associated with heart disease and stroke affect women As a result of decreased oestrogen lev a woman risk of death from heart disease increases four times after and women Are More Likely to describe their heart attack symptoms As indigestion like vague Chest nausea or Back pain As opposed to the Sharp pain described by imitate anted hair for men and women with Epi Light 3r removal system we also offer treatments for Sun spots photo rejuvenation rest Lane chemical peels Diamond medical Micro dermabrasion skin care products body sculpturing cellulite reduction by Ender ology face leg veins laser Scaler therapy Call today for a free consultation 205 Edmonton Street Kravco All i Stock Patio Rattan furniture 3060 off and researchers have found that women with diabetes Are at More risk of developing heart disease and stroke than men who have heart up til was thought to be the problem of 40yearoldplus said Elissavet a researcher at the Institute of cardio vascular sciences at the Boniface women and heart disease has been a Little explored research in particular surrounding the hormonal influence on heart disease in postmenopausal women has been increasing dramatically of Kavanagh pointed to research which has found female smokers Are More Likely to suffer from cardiac problems than he said scientists Are working to uncover Why that but Many suspect because women lungs and hearts Are they fall prey to the debilitating effects of smoking More Quick Kavanagh said men generally present with heart problems in their 40s or 50s women dont usually begin to suffer from heart problems until about 10 years Fletcher said the new research has had positive he noted that 52 per cent of members at the refit Centre who Are not car Diac patients Are women indicating women Are taking messages about the importance of prevention to but he also Young women in the 15to 25yearold age bracket Are More Likely to begin smoking and be Over weight than their male one element of the population seems to be getting but we need to pass it on to the next he o new artificial heart b1 new site for Plant Renews dispute by Alexandra Paul husky Oil is moving the site of a controversial Asphalt emulsion Plant and storage terminal it was forced to abandon because of protests from area residents a year but the new site for the pro posed Plant int far enough away to allay residents concerns in East Kildonan and there trying to sell it so it sounds Nice but were worried about the smell and what its going to do to the ground if there is said resident Ellen her Cindy Ritchie in Harbour View South is just As its a crude Oil it be any where near a residential both women were among the residents whose petition a year ago forced the Calgary based firm to Back Down on plans to build the Plant on Springfield Road in North the new site wont disturb suburban Resi husky Oil develop we believe we can demonstrate there Are no negative effects to ment manager the Public John Sawatsky r John husky Oil develop ment manager said from his Calgary we believe the Industrial nature of the area is in keeping with the and we believe we can demonstrate there Are no negative effects to the Sawatsky the Oil firm is moving slowly on the development and has yet to make formal presentation to the pm of the company is mailing out approximately 200 information packages outlining the proposed husky is prepared to talk to Sawatsky he said the earliest the Plant would be built would be late this with full operations not due to begin until some time next the new site is on Day at the Junction Between the car Keewatin and the comr Pine Falls rail approximately two Kilometres East of the old the Plant would include an emulsion mixing facility and five 17metre High storage a planning report for the earlier site said the smell of Asphalt would be noticeable by area residents and that anywhere Between 25 and 30 trucks would drive to and from the site each d Gerry Flag design the for this to decide of which Best ;