Women and heart disease
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But according to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of women over age 25. It kills nearly twice as many women in the United States than all types of cancer, including breast cancer. Only 13 percent of...
Read moreIt's Mother's Day weekend and I'm pretty much doing what I normally do. My son had a field trip to Cincinnati on Saturday, so instead of... Read more »
Everywhere I go I see signs. Not a "sign," but literally signs. It's so obviously an election year. Political jargon floods... Read more »
According to the American Heart Association, nearly every woman is in danger of heart disease and stroke. This means that it is more... Read more »
The newspapers these days seem to be full of studies that tell us that alcohol may be good for certain things (like preventing heart... Read more »
In the United States one woman dies every minute from a cardiovascular event. Yet coronary heart disease is still considered by many as a... Read more »
Omega-3 fatty acid is often misnamed an “alternative” or “natural” medication. Penicillin was, of course, derived from a living organism... Read more »
Create a single pill that contains a statin, three blood pressure drugs, and aspirin, and you have an inexpensive medication that can reduce the risk... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study finds women who take folic acid and B vitamins do not reduce their overall risk for a heart attack. The study... Read more »
New research has found that women who breast-feed may be helping both their babies and their own heart-health. In a study of 300 women, scientists... Read more »
A study of a new breast cancer treatment, raloxifene, has found that though the drug is effective in preventing breast cancer, it raises the chances... Read more »