women and health

"But the simple message to "call 911" clearly needs more attention. The latest evidence: Just over half of women surveyed by the American Heart Association said they would do so if they thought they were having a heart attack. Instead, many women would call their doctors, take an aspirin or get to a hospital on their own, says study author Lori Mosca, director of preventive cardiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. "Interestingly, about 80% said they would call if they thought someone else was having a heart attack," says Mosca, a spokeswoman for the association's Go Red for Women education program."