GPER-1 and Estrogen Receptor-β Ligands Modulate Aldosterone Synthesis Authors: Brasilina Caroccia, Teresa M. Seccia, Abril Gonzalez Campos, Francesca Gioco, Maniselvan Kuppusamy, Giulio Ceolotto, Eugenia Guerzoni, Francesca Simonato, Sara Mareso, Livia Lenzini, Ambrogio Fassina, and Gian Paolo Rossi Abstract Fertile women have lower blood pressure and cardiovascular risk than age-matched men, which suggests that […]
Cardiology, Cardiovascular disease, Estrogen, hormones, hypertensionThe Case for Sex- and Gender-Specific Medicine Two of the most respected voices in the world of sex and gender based women’s health speak out in this invited comment in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine. (JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(8):1348-1349.) Their commentary spotlights the many ways in which women and men differ […]
Cardiac Disease, Cardiology, Cardiovascular disease, CVD, Gender-SpecificThe Case for Sex- and Gender-Specific Medicine C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD; Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, MD There are numerous differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) between men and women. Women have a higher prevalence of coronary microvascular dysfunction, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, Tako-Tsubo syndrome (also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy), and post–myocardial infarction depression than men. Women also have a […]
cardiac, Cardiac Disease, Cardiology, Cardiovascular disease, CVD, Depression, Gender-Specific
Estimates of benefits and harms of prophylactic use of aspirin in the general population In this fascinating study of available data in the Annals of Oncology journal, it was found that 10 years of regular low dose aspirin use was associated with a 7% reduction in the risk of cancer, MI, and stroke among women, […]
Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, medication, prevention, stroke