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New York, NY (February 7, 2017) – British A. Robinson, CEO of the Women’s Heart Alliance, released the following statement today regarding the Woman’s Day 14th Annual Red Dress Awards: “I am so pleased that Dr. Holly Andersen, medical adviser to the Women’s Heart Alliance, was recognized tonight at the Woman’s Day 14th Annual Red Dress Awards for her tireless dedication to the fight against women’s heart disease. Today, too many women suffer from a largely preventable disease. What many people don’t know is that when it comes to heart disease and stroke, women and men are not the same. …

Each year, 1 out of 3 women’s deaths are attributed to heart disease and stroke. Yet, in a survey conducted by the Women’s Heart Alliance, only 11% of women could name a friend or loved one that has died from cardiovascular disease. Why? Because women aren’t talking enough about their No. 1 killers. In the February 2017 issue of Redbook Magazine, Dr. Holly Andersen, WHA medical advisor and director of education and outreach at the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, said talking about heart health “can motivate people to reduce their risk.” Read …

WASHINGTON, DC (December 7, 2016) – Barbra Streisand, co-founder of the Women’s Heart Alliance, released the following statement today regarding passage of the 21st Century Cures Act: “Since our founding in 2014, the Women’s Heart Alliance (WHA) has worked to change clinical and medical research practices so that women are equally represented in the lab and the clinic. Sex is a biological variable that matters when it comes to heart disease and stroke, which are the number one killers of women. Our ability to analyze sex differences in biomedical research is critical to advancing medical innovation, ensuring sex and gender …