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Women’s Heart Alliance and WomenHeart Launch National Awareness Campaign To Encourage Women To Get Their Hearts Checked As COVID-19 Increases Risk of Heart Disease
The national PSA campaign informs women that “Heart Disease is the #1 Killer of Women,” urges women to “Know The Signs” of a heart attack and get their hearts checked with a health care provider. Women’s Heart Alliance (WHA), a non-profit …
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Barbra Streisand on JAMA’s Clinical Reviews Podcast
WHA’s Founder, Barbra Streisand and Dr. C. Noel Bairey Merz, WHA’s Scientific Advisor and Director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, recently sat down to talk about women’s heart health on JAMA’s Clinical Reviews podcast. They touch particularly on coronary microvascular disease and …
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Rep. Herrera Beutler and Rep. Roybal-Allard introduce Heart Equity Resolution
It’s time to make women a priority. For decades, women have been needlessly dying because research and treatment of cardiovascular disease has primarily been focused on men. And we’re fighting to change that. This week, Rep. Herrera Beutler and Rep. Roybal-Allard …
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How Dr. Nanette Wenger Challenged ‘Common Knowledge’ and Revolutionized Heart Care
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Unique Symptoms of Women’s Heart Attack
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Happy National Women’s Health Week!
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The State of Heart Disease in the United States
Heart disease is the no. 1 killer of women in the United States, killing more women than all cancers combined. Women are 50% more likely to be given a wrong diagnosis after a heart attack, and are less likely to …
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Remembering Patricia for Everything She Was
Patricia Bosak died at age 64 because her heart gave out. But that’s not what she should be remembered for, says her son, George. “She was the most selfless person in the world,” he says. “She gave me every avenue …
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Meet Our Founder, Barbara Streisand
Barbra Streisand is the best-selling female recording artist in history – and the only artist to ever receive an Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, National Medal of Arts and Peabody Award, as well as France’s …
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WHA on The Hill: Progress is possible on a health issue this Congress will understand like no other
Women’s Heart Alliance Advisors Holly Andersen, M.D. and Noel Bairey Merz, M.D. authored an op-ed calling for Congress to prioritize women’s health and lives. Read on The Hill. The cultural biases that imperil women with heart disease are so ingrained …
