By Luisa Potenza
Between the years 2001 and 2005, the rise in acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) sharply increased among young women in Italy.
This is according to a comprehensive study funded by the Human Health Foundation, a non profit Italian charity for biomedical research and health education in Spoleto, Italy.
"The study suggests that more information on measures to reduce risk factors for heart failure should be directed towards young women" says Antonio Giordano, MD, PhD. Giordano is the president and founder of the Sbarro Health Research Organization for Biotechnology located at Temple University in Philadelphia
The study shows that the number of acute myocardial infarctions in 2005 were over 118,000 (of which 75,000 were men and 43,000 women) compared to 96,000 in 2001.
