Men's Heart Attack Risk Rises At A Younger Age Than You Might Think

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There is a heart attack gender gap, Harvard Health shared. Men tend to get their first heart attacks younger than women (65, on average, vs an average age of 72). 

More men than women are diagnosed with heart disease, too, though some researchers think this could be partly down to underdiagnosis among women. 

A new study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, has looked further into when heart attack risk begins to rise for men and women.