Heart attacks become more common but less often fatal in women

Monday, October 26, 2009 - 15:35 in Health & Medicine

Heart attacks appear to have become more common in middle-aged women over the past two decades, but all women and especially those younger than 55 have recently experienced a greater increase than men in their chances of survival following such a heart event, according to two reports in the October 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

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