How This Army Vet Is Winning Her Battle with Heart Disease
Written by Cathy Cassata on February 22, 2021 Fact checked by Maria Gifford
While heart disease is the number one killer of women, it’s preventable about 80percent of the time. American Heart Association Go Red for Women
Combat veteran Dani Aylsworth shares her compelling story about overcoming PTSD, alcohol misuse, and heart failure to win back her health one battle at a time.
At 23 years old, Dani Aylsworth was a new mom and the only woman in her special forces unit of the U.S. Army. Deployed to Afghanistan, she found herself trying to fit in with her male counterparts.