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Nine News: Fergal Bowers, health Correspondent, reports that on an awareness campaign to highlight how heart disease is the number one cause of death for women
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News At One: Dr Kate McGarry, Irish Heart Foundation, explains that the symptoms of heart attack in women are often different to those in men
The Irish Heart Foundation has launched an awareness campaign to highlight how heart disease is the number one cause of death in women.
Over 3,600 women die from a heart attack each year in Ireland.
The foundation also says the symptoms women suffer when having a heart attack can be very different to what men experience.
For women the symptoms can include back, jaw or neck pain, rather than the classic symptom of chest pain.
The risk of heart disease also increases after the menopause.
