Heart disease is the number one killer of women. A majority of women had a routine physical exam, but only 40% reported having a heart health assessment.
Variation Seen Among Outpatient Practices in Control of Heart Disease Risk Factors
A study has found that control of heart disease risk factors varies widely among outpatient practices.
A study has found that control of heart disease risk factors varies widely among outpatient practices.
‘Most of the physicians in the US do not realize heart disease as a top health concern among women. Only 35% bring up the topic during exams with new patients.’
"We clearly have a lot of work to do to make women aware that heart disease is a bigger threat to their health than all types of cancer combined," said Noel Bairey Merz, MD, director of the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. Patients aren't the only ones in need of heart health education, said Bairey Merz, who led the study funded by the Women's Heart Alliance (WHA), a nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to women's heart health. Bairey Merz also serves as a scientific adviser to the group.
"We also need to work with primary care physicians to make sure they understand how to assess and treat women with heart disease, which often presents with different symptoms than does heart disease in men."
Use of Vital Medicines for Heart Disease is Poor Worldwide
A radical shift is required in how life-saving generic (inexpensive) medicines are provided, and how preventive care is organized in health care systems.
A radical shift is required in how life-saving generic (inexpensive) medicines are provided, and how preventive care is organized in health care systems.
Results show:
- Only 22 percent of primary care physicians and 42 percent of cardiologists felt well prepared to assess heart disease in women.
- A majority of women reported having a routine physical or wellness exam, yet only 40 percent reported having a heart health assessment.
- Sixty-three percent of women admitted they sometimes put off going to the physician, and 45 percent said they canceled or postponed a doctor appointment because they wanted to lose weight.
- While 74 percent reported having one or more heart disease risk factors, only 16 percent were informed by their physician that they were at risk.
- Twenty-six percent of women said having heart disease would be an embarrassment because others would assume the woman was not eating healthy or exercising.
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Go for Red to Promote Heart Disease Awareness Month in the United States
Wear Red Day focuses the nation's attention on heart disease, the number one killer of women in America.
Wear Red Day focuses the nation's attention on heart disease, the number one killer of women in America.
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Clinical Forms of Heart Disease Resulting from Virus Infections
Researchers have published an article discussing the different clinical forms of heart disease resulting from virus infections including the prognosis, and therapies.
Researchers have published an article discussing the different clinical forms of heart disease resulting from virus infections including the prognosis, and therapies.
