Barbra Streisand, spoke about her “shock” that men and women are not “treated equally” for coronary heart disease , this condition has impacted her family in the previously.

Barbara Streisand’s achievements have led to her winning an Emmy and an Oscar. But many people don’t know that she has been working to improve the treatment for women with heart disease years after her mother was diagnosed. She started the Women’s Heart Alliance in 2014.

Streisand told in interview, “Fifteen years ago I read a story in The New York Times about gender differences in heart health.

“I was shocked to learn that more women are dying from cardiovascular disease than from all cancers combined and aren’t receiving the same attention in diagnosis and treatment as men.”

“It just never made sense to me that women and men weren’t treated equally.”

According to the Heart Research Institute in the UK, more than 3.5 million women live with the condition. Around 77 of those with the disease die every day.

Heart disease shows the process of the heart having its blood supply blocked or interrupted by a buildup of fatty substances such as cholesterol in the coronary arteries.

Streisand added, “For so many years, heart disease was thought of as a man’s disease.

“Women with similar or more unique symptoms were often misdiagnosed as having digestive problems or being emotionally stressed.”

A large no of study from 2019, funded by the British Heart Foundation found that instead of advances in diagnosis tools, using s**-specific blood tests, women were half as likely to receive the treatment they were recommended.

For example coronary revascularization, was given to 15 percent of women in the study compared to 34 percent of men. This surgery uses a stent to clear up the coronary arteries.

Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan, the Associate Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation and Cardiologist said, “It’s essential that health care professionals are aware of the inequalities in heart care for women, and that everyone can spot the symptoms of a heart attack,”

She said, “It is very important that young women are aware that they are experiencing heart disease at increasing rates,”

There are many coronary heart disease symptoms that men and women should look out for.

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