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WASHINGTON, DC (January 26, 2016) – Following are statements from Women’s Heart Alliance (WHA) scientific and medical advisors in response to the American Heart Association’s (AHA) first-ever scientific statement addressing the distinct differences between heart attacks in men and women: “We continue to lose a woman every 90 seconds to heart disease,” said Dr. Noel Bairey Merz, Scientific Advisor to the Women’s Heart Alliance and Director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. “And although death rates from the disease have declined rapidly among older women, they have been virtually stagnant in young women over …

ORLANDO, FL (November 10, 2015) – The Women’s Heart Alliance survey data showcased at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions demonstrates the need for a national campaign to boost awareness about women’s heart disease, among both physicians and women at risk. Scientific advisors to the Women’s Heart Alliance, Dr. Noel Bairey Merz, director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Health Center at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Dr. Holly Andersen, director of education and outreach at the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center presented two abstracts that highlighted significant knowledge gaps that exist about heart disease …