AHA News: Women's Awareness of Heart Disease On The Rise But Still Needs Improvement

According to a study by the American Heart Association, women's awareness of the risks of heart disease has doubled in the last fifteen years. But for minorities and younger women, that does not seem to be the case.

Heart disease is a growing concern among adults. In the United States, 18% of the adult population consider heart disease a major health problem. According to the American Heart Association, each year, around 785,000 in the US suffer their first heart attack.

The AHA's Go Red For Women campaign (now on its 10th year), encourages women to be aware of the risk for heart disease and provides tools to lead a heart healthy life. Go Red For Women has lots of ways to participate in helping all women make healthy choices.

Study Suggests That Women Who Manage The Household Has Less Interest In Career Goals

Close to one thousand male and female participants were surveyed in three separate experiments to find out how managing a household would affect a person's career goals in the office.

The University of California, Berkeley study suggests that women who are responsible for the household has less desire and interest to go up the corporate ladder.

Running the household entails responsibilities such as child care, food management, budgeting, and taking care of the actual house. Managing the household has been primarily identified as a woman's responsibility. But changing times have seen women go out of the house and into the office.

Numerous studies have shown that women stand out in workplaces under certain circumstances such as collaboration, understanding environmental issues, and even financial management (see video); much similar to household management.