The Society for Women’s Health Research Applauds New Guidelines on Preventing Stroke in Women Nation’s Leader in Women’s Health Encourages Greater Focus on the Different Risk Factors for Each Gender Washington, D.C. – The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) is the leading voice on research into the biological differences between women and men. SWHR […]
AHA, Cardiology, CVD, heart, stroke, SWHR
Prescription for Change: Hold the Statins, STAT! Reprinted from The Women’s Health Activist (2014) By Adriane Fugh-Berman and Charlea Masssion New statin guidelines released in November 2013 by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) advised preventing heart attacks by treating cardiovascular risk factors instead of high cholesterol. Seemed […]
AHA, Cardiology, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, Medications, Pharmacology
“Men are as old as their arteries, but women are as old as their microvasculature” — Carl J Pepine, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, FL Report from the AHA 2013 Scientific Sessions Reprinted on […]
AHA, Cardiology, CVD, heart disease
Young women tend to be less healthy and have a poorer quality of life than similar-aged men before suffering a heart attack, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. “Compared with young men, women under 55 years are less likely to have heart […]
AHA, Cardiology, heart disease, quality of life
