Yesenia is HeartStrong, Are You?

Yesenia is HeartStrong, Are You?

  [youtube video_id=”J5X9vUc4A_M” caption=”#HEARTSTRONG – Yesenia’s Story”] WomenHeart Champion Yesenia had no idea she was having a heart attack the morning she told her boyfriend she was having trouble breathing… Like many...
A Note from Mary – October 2018

A Note from Mary – October 2018

Less than a week into my role as interim CEO for WomenHeart in late July, I was the lucky recipient of an email from Sharonne Hayes, M.D. director of the Women’s Heart Clinic at Mayo and long-time friend to and collaborator with WomenHeart.  She asked whether...
A Poem by Sonya Lucas Roberts

A Poem by Sonya Lucas Roberts

Strong, thriving women converged on Rochester Thursday. On October 2018, as the WomenHeart Science and Leadership Symposium would convene. We embarked on this journey with open minds, open hearts, ready to share experiences. Knowledge ready to impart. Many had...
New Policies May Undermine Patient Protections

New Policies May Undermine Patient Protections

On Oct. 22, the Administration issued guidance that could impact women with heart disease. It would expand states’ ability to change some aspects of their health insurance marketplaces and undermine critical protections for millions of Americans living with...