Four conditions not often characterized as women’s health issues

Certain women’s health conditions garner more attention than others. For example, efforts to raise awareness of breast cancer are extensive and widely known. But other women’s health issues have a tendency to fall off the radar, even if their prevalence merits greater consideration.

In honor of Women’s Health Care Month, the staff at HER Magazine would like to shed light on four significant and less publicized women’s health issues, recognition of which could potentially save lives.

Heart disease:

Nothing kills more women each year than cardiovascular disease, which the American Heart Association notes causes one in three deaths of women each year.