A risk of heart disease for women

A new report says that almost all women are at risk of heart disease.

The study, from the American Heart Association, also recommended that doctors more strongly consider prescribing a daily aspirin for their female patients.

The new guidelines greatly increase the recommended amount of exercise women should partake in to at least one hour a day, and suggest that women should be counseled more strongly to lose weight, quit smoking, eat more fresh vegetables and less fat.

Dr. Lori Mosca, from New York-Presbyterian Hospital, says nearly all women are at risk for cardiovascular disease, underscoring the need for a healthy lifestyle.

She says since the last guidelines were developed more definitive studies have suggested that aspirin should be recommended to women as a way to prevent strokes.

The new guidelines are published in the journal "Circulation."

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