The Women's Heart Program at Yale-New Haven Hospital is committed to the helath and welfare of women. That's why we are pleased to present you with Women and Heart Disease: The Myths and the Truth, this compilation of questions and answers from our Ask the Expert: Women's Heart Forum.

The Women’s Heart Program was launched in March 2001. Since its inception, the mission of the program has been to promote the cardiovascular health of women and continue to improve the overall outcomes for women with heart disease by:

• Improving knowledge of women concerning their risks of cardiovascular disease
• Increasing early recognition of symptoms
• Changing behavior of women toward heart disease through action-oriented primary and secondary prevention
• Decreasing time from the onset of symptoms to receipt of rapid and appropriate care.

Additional Resources

• American Diabetes Association
• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association – Quit Smoking
• Calculate Your Body Mass Index (BMI)
• Exercise & Physical Fitness
• Nutrition & Heart Disease