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[Editor’s note: This article is an update of a previously published story.] Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women worldwide, yet it remains under-diagnosed and symptoms often go unrecognized. In July of this year, the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre published the results of a...
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The 2025 Women’s Heart Health Education Day will provide the latest updates and best practices in women’s heart health and heart disease. This event features excellent multidisciplinary and patient partner speakers.
The 2026 Women’s Heart Health Education Day will provide the latest updates and best practices in women’s heart health and heart disease. This event features excellent multidisciplinary and patient partner speakers.
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The first studies to scan the entire human genome for genetic variations associated with heart disease didn’t find what researchers expected. More than two-thirds of the newly identified risk variants had no relationship to known risk factors for heart diseases such as cholesterol, high blood...