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October 23, 2015 – The Women’s Heart Alliance is calling upon Congress and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to act upon a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that finds stronger steps should be taken to understand the impact of sex and gender on disease in NIH-funded clinical research trials. When medical research, analysis and reporting takes into account differences between men and women, new findings translate into better diagnosis and treatment for women. Today’s GAO report finds that, despite the 1993 NIH Revitalization Act’s mandate that women and minorities be represented in NIH-funded clinical trials, sex and gender …

Dr. Murthy issues call to action at the launch of a partnership between Women’s Heart Alliance and Clinton Health Matters Initiative Barbra Streisand, who co-founded the Women’s Heart Alliance with Ronald O. Perelman, calls on young women to stop viewing heart disease as ‘an old man’s problem’ and to fight for gender equality in women’s heart health Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, the 19th U.S. Surgeon General, today urged Cal State LA students to take action against cardiovascular disease (CVD), which claims nearly 400,000 women’s lives each year, making it the number one killer of women. Dr. Murthy participated in a …

Los Angeles – The Clinton Health Matters Initiative, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, is co-hosting the “Fight the Ladykiller” Codeathon with The Women’s Heart Alliance and Cal State LA October 2-4, 2015. This event will challenge college student developers and designers to build original and innovative prototypes of an app geared toward helping young women decrease their risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Industry leaders from the tech, design, and health fields will mentor participants and select the winning prototype after each team presents its ideas at the close of the event. The winning team will have an opportunity to …