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 …
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 …
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, …
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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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 …
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 …
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. …
For Immediate Release Program is a component of WHA’s Cities and Communities with Heart Initiative aimed at reducing deaths among women in Nashville from heart disease and stroke NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 21, 2017) – With more women dying from heart disease …
I grew up in a household where both of my parents worked. My father was the breadwinner with the high-powered job that propelled my family solidly into America’s upper middle class. My mother’s job as a teacher, and later, as …