A News For Women Smokers

Women are believed to be protected against heart disease due to female sex-hormone oestrogene. This hormone other things helps in increasing HDL or good cholesterol and decreases LDL or bad cholesterol.

However heart disease in women is extremely complicated. Also, lifestyle changes such as smoking, stress and eating habits are slowly eroding the protection.

Research studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, show that the treadmill stress test gives false results in up to 40 per cent women

According to a study conducted by Yale University a woman who smokes and is also using oral contraceptives is up to 40 times more likely to have a heart attack than a woman who does not use either.

The combination can increase risk of clotting or thrombosis in the legs or lungs, which causes heart attacks and strokes.

The solution lies not in stopping the pill but in quitting smoking so that you get that all protecting oestrogen level in balance.