Donna Krupa(301) [email protected] Bethesda, Md. – More than 100 research scientists will examine hormones, gender and how they can interact to cause heart and kidney disease. The conference, entitled Sex and Gender in Cardiovascular-Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology, took place in August 2007 in Austin, TX, hosted by the American Physiological Society (APS; www.The-APS.org). Conference […]
Cardiology, cardiovascular, diabetes, Endocrinology, Genetics, Nephrology, Obesity, physiology, Sleep, stroke, Women's HealthGender differences in the primary prevention of stroke with aspirinEric E Adelman1, Lynda Lisabeth1,2 & Devin L Brown†1 ABSTRACT Aspirin is used to prevent ischemic stroke and other types of cardiovascular disease. Seven trials of aspirin focusing on the effectiveness of primary prevention of stroke and other cardiovascular events have been performed, but three of […]
Cardiology, Gastrointestinal, Medications, Pharmacology, strokeStroke in Women: Higher morbidity and mortality? Reprinted from the Chicago Medical Society News Blog by Neelum T. Aggarwal, MD, and Shyam Prabhakaran, MD ON AVERAGE, every 40 seconds someone in the United States has a stroke, the nation’s leading cause of disability and the fourth leading cause of death. In women, stroke is […]
Cardiology, CVD, Emergency Medicine, stroke