What are the primary risk factors for cardio or pulmonary disease?
The major risk factors for cardiovascular disease include diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, family history and smoking. Smoking is also a significant risk factor for the development of emphysema as well as lung cancer. How does this disease affect women differently from men? Women are more susceptible to the effects of smoking than men are. Menopause also predisposes women to the development of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among men and women; however, women tend to receive less aggressive diagnostic testing and treatment and have a higher mortality rate after a heart attack than men. Are the symptoms different between genders? The symptoms of emphysema or chronic obstructive lung disease vary slightly between men and women. Men tend to be diagnosed with emphysema at an earlier stage than women are, in part because of physician bias. Women are diagnosed when their symptoms become prominent. Men complain more of a productive co
