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|  | Recognizing that heart disease in women differs in many ways is the first step is helping women fight heart disease. Traditional risk assessment underestimates women's risk. Some women are resistant to taking medications to lower cholesterol. A management system should include mentoring about heart disease and how medications prevent heart disease. NJ Women's Heart Center uses new blood tests and diagnostic work up to optimize risk stratification. The severity of risk dictates the intensity of treatment. It is equally important is to avoid overdiagnosis and overtreatment. Those at low risk seldom require drug therapy.
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Take the heart risk test.
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