American Heart Association

Survey: Heart disease isn’t top concern for women, doctors – even though it’s the No. 1 killer

By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS

Despite being the No. 1 killer of women in the United States, cardiovascular disease is not the top concern for women – or physicians, according to a survey published Thursday.

The reasons? Social stigma about body weight that keeps women from talking about it with […]

June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Health, Heart Disease, Patients, Prevention, Women|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Survey: Heart disease isn’t top concern for women, doctors – even though it’s the No. 1 killer
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Women less likely to receive procedures for cardiac arrest

By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS

Women cardiac arrest patients are less likely than men to receive potentially lifesaving procedures to look for and open blocked coronary arteries, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association.

Procedures such as angiography and angioplasty help boost cardiac arrest survival rates, but […]

June 22nd, 2016|Categories: CPR, Health, Patients, Prevention, Research, Women|Tags: , , , , , , , |2 Comments
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The No. 1 killer is invisible to most women

BY AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS 

Even though heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 killer of women in the U.S., most women say they don’t have a personal connection to cardiovascular disease, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015.

A 2014 nationally representative survey of […]

November 8th, 2015|Categories: Health, Scientific Sessions 2015|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on The No. 1 killer is invisible to most women
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