SPECIAL hearts, special CARE

WOMEN ARE NOT SMALL MEN. Women's hearts ARE NOT JUST SMALLER VERSIONS of men's hearts.

- LISA BAIN

CARDIOLOGIST NIECA GOLDBERG, M.D., IS PASSIONATE about the need for care equity-the idea that when it comes to heart disease, all practitioners need to give women as much attention as they give men. Women need to pay attention as well: Heart disease is the number one killer of U.S. women, a fact that only a little over half of American women are aware of. And if a woman suffers from a cardiac issue, her symptoms may well be different from a man's.