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Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of mortality among women. Despite the fact that for years, cardiovascular disease have been mainly associated with men; one in every two women will suffer from cardiovascular disease during her lifetime, and one in every three women will die from it. In recent years, there has been significant progress in the prevention and treatment of these diseases, but these achievements are still less compared to progress made among men.Listen to this important segment as Donna Zfat-Zwas, MD, MPH, Director of the Linda Joy Pullin Cardiovascular Wellness Institute for Women of the Hadassah Medical Organization, discusses what women need to do to become educated and reduce their risk of heart disease.