Maybe it won’t surprise you – today least of all – to discover there’s an actual medical condition called broken heart syndrome. It’s caused by a tragic or shocking event that stuns the heart, producing classic heart-attack symptoms, such as chest pain and shortness of breath.
Fortunately, broken heart syndrome isn’t fatal. Indeed, its effects are transitory, usually soothed by a few days of bed rest and fluids, with no permanent cardiac damage.

Still, if you’re a woman, take care: Your heart may be at greater risk than you think.

In fact, cardiovascular disease kills almost 500,000 American women each year, twice the number of all female cancer deaths combined.

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