Heart diseaseis the leading cause of death among women in the United States, killing more than 300,000 every year — yet only about half of women are aware of the risks, signs and symptoms of heart attacks. On National Wear Red Day, which is observed on Feb. 2 to raise awareness for ...
Heart disease is common and preventable. Taking small steps and implementing lifestyle changes can lower your risk of developing heart disease or catching it early. It’s important to lower stress, eat a balanced diet, get regular exercise and undergo routine screenings. Salazar said that one ...
Women's studiesNursingPublic health Are primary care providers screening women over the age of 40 years old for coronary heart disease? NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Marilyn Schleyer GastrightAmandaApproximately 500,000 women die each year from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the United States. It ...
Women experience different symptoms than men when it comes to heart disease. They're also more likely to get misdiagnosed, as experienced by California mom Mika Leah, who had a "widowmaker" blockage in her artery that caused symptoms initially attributed
BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Red Cross Foundation is helping children from poor families in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region receive free congenital heart disease screening and treatment, the foundation said Monday. The foundation has partnered with a hospital in Zhengzhou, central Henan...
Our objective was to determine the efficacy of the four-chamber view of the fetal heart in routine ultrasonographic examination as a screening tool for congenital heart defects.A prospective cohort study compared the detection rate of congenital heart defects among 5336 pregnant women screened with the...
Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease has been estimated at two to three cases per 1000 among school-age children in Africa who underwent clinical screening [11], [12] and was recently reported to be about 10-fold higher if they also had an ultrasound examination [12], [13]. The spectrum...
women, discuss the need to raise awareness of heart disease as a major health risk for women, and emphasize the need for prevention strategies to reduce adverse cardiovascular outcomes and achievehealth equity, particularly among women from diverse racial and ethnic groups or underrepresented ...
reported in a Stony Brook University-led study to be published May 15 in theAmerican Journal of Cardiology, may prompt greater awareness of heart disease in women of childbearing age, heighten individual screening of heart disease in pregnant patients, and institute a multidisciplinary approach to la...
Both heart disease and depression are largely socially determined, especially for women and girls. Early life trauma, poverty, and gendered violence and discriminationcan accumulateacross a woman's lifespan to shape her risk of heart disease and stroke. Screening for mental health We did somestatist...