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As they age, some women worry that they'll inherit their mother's weak eyes or their father's bad back, but for women with cardiovascular disease in the family, the most concerning inheritance can be having "your mother's heart". For Janice Miles, 56, this inheritance meant that despite doing "all the right things" -- healthy eating, regular exercise, keeping blood pressure low -- she was still at high risk for heart disease, as she found out this fall.

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