In years past, Valentine’s Day has been a fun chance to explore
the more lighthearted aspects of science, as pertains to matters
of the heart (such as our post on the neurobiology of love and
dating). This year, we use Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to
talk about a different, more serious matter pertaining to our
hearts — keeping them healthy. And while blogs, magazines and
popular media provide men with no shortage of ideas about what
to shower the many women in their lives with on Valentine’s Day,
they provide little coverage of the biggest silent killer and
danger to women every day: heart disease. So this year, join us
in Going Red For Women and learning more about an issue truly
close to our hearts. For more, click “continue reading.” Fact:
more women will die of heart disease than all cancers combined.
Scary, isn’t it? With the “pink”-washing of virtually all
consumer products (and even some sports teams!) every October,
one would surely think that breast cancer is the biggest threat
to women’s healt