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November is National Diabetes Month
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‘We have to do more research on women’
Women’s Heart Alliance Medical Advisor Dr. Holly Andersen, Director of Education and Outreach at the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, discusses why heart disease kills more women every year than all cancers combined …
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Watch Barbra Streisand’s lecture at NIH about the importance of gender equity in science and health
Women’s Heart Alliance co-founder Barbra Streisand delivered the prestigious J. Edward Rall Cultural Lecture on Tuesday, May 15, at the National Institutes of Health before a packed auditorium, where she spoke about the urgent issue of women’s cardiovascular health and …
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#StreisandinDC: WHA co-founder Barbra Streisand addresses NIH
The Washington Post’s Reliable Source and Politico’s Playbook were among the news media that covered Women’s Heart Alliance co-founder Barbra Streisand’s visit to D.C. to address the National Institutes of Health for the prestigious J. Edward Rall Cultural Lecture on …
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Barbra Streisand in USA Today: Heart disease research and treatment neglects women, and it’s killing them
Women are needlessly dying because research and treatment of cardiovascular disease is focused on men. It’s time for equity in heart health as well as in Hollywood. Read on USA Today. By Barbra Streisand, Opinion Contributor In the past year, …
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Barbra Streisand visits Washington to advance women’s heart health equity in NIH lecture
For Immediate Release Singer, actress, director & philanthropist to meet health leaders to advance gender equity research and ensure women’s heart disease is a health policy priority Washington, D.C. (May 15, 2018) — Barbra Streisand, co-founder of the Women’s Heart …
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A whole system approach to improving cardiovascular health in women
Read more about the Cities and Communities with Heart Initiative in Nashville in The Lancet’s “United States of Health” blog.
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WHA discusses heart, brain connections
Major depression. Alzheimer’s. Heart disease. These health risks are some of the major public health challenges of our time — and women are disproportionately affected. On Wednesday, Feb. 28, from noon – 1 p.m. ET, Women’s Heart Alliance CEO British …
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Woman’s Day Spotlights WHA’s Cities and Communities With Heart Initiative
It takes a village to improve women’s heart health. In Nashville, where we launched our Cities and Communities With Heart Initiative, we have convened local government, health and academic institutions, nonprofits and businesses to come together to stop women’s needless …
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Heart & Soul Series: Susan Spencer on what Gender Equity Means to Her
A few years ago, my husband was having a terrible day at work and developed chest pain. He called his cardiologist, who—though the doctor strongly suspected that stress was the cause—immediately sent him to the hospital for a CT scan. …
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