Do You Know…

• Women with PAD have four times the risk of heart attack and stroke

• Not only has one in four Women had a migraine, this form of headaches is three times more common in Women than Men

• More Women die of COPD, despite being are more likely than Men to be non-smokers

• Catamenial Epilepsy (exacerbations in the perimenstrual phase) occurs in 30-60% of Women

• Women over age 75 are half as likely to receive Warfarin in new onset atrial fibrillation

• Aspirin therapy decreases risk of MI in Men, while reducing stroke — but not MI — in Women

• Women are 50% more likely to have adverse reactions to prescription medications than Men; Yet, prescribed doses are typically written without regard for sex

• While thyroid diseases are more common in Women, Men are at greater risk for thyroid cancer