The daily challenges of living-and coping-with a chronic and progressive invisible illness.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. Yet most people are still unaware that heart disease is not just a man''s problem. Carolyn Thomas, a heart attack survivor herself, is on a mission to educate women about their heart health. Based on her popular Heart Sisters blog, which has attracted more than 10 million views from readers in 190 countries, A Woman''s Guide to Living with Heart Disease combines personal experience and medical knowledge to help women learn how to understand and manage a catastrophic diagnosis.
In A Woman''s Guide to Living with Heart Disease, Thomas explains
- how to recognize the early signs of a heart attack
- why women often delay seeking treatment-and how to overcome that impulse
- the link between pregnancy complications and future heart disease
- why so many women with heart dise
