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2.13.20
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Women and Heart Disease: Broken Heart Syndrome

While 'broken heart syndrome' may sound like the theme of a romance novel, it's a very real health condition that mostly affects women. In fact, more than 90 percent of reported cases occur in women ages 58 to 75. 

Also called takotsubo cardiomyopathy or stress cardiomyopathy, broken heart syndrome is...

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