New research indicates more women are having heart attacks, but more are surviving.
Two studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine look at heart attack rates among women.
The first study finds men are still more likely to have heart attacks, but cases have dropped in recent years, while they have risen among women.
The second study found in-hospital death rates from heart events are falling, but most significantly among women age 55 and younger.
Researchers found young women are three times less likely to die from a heart attack than young men.
Experts say this study drives home the fact that women also have high risk for heart disease, and should be made to lower their chance of dying from a heart attack.
