Even in 2022, despite years of women’s health advocacy, women’s health issues are often overlooked or dismissed. Heart disease, for example, is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, yet women are often dismissed by doctors when they...
While they may not have been able to traverse of the halls of Congress in person, WomenHeart Champions, Board and Scientific Advisory Council members nonetheless brought their voices to Washington. Throughout the day on March 2, nearly 40 advocates held approximately...
In the immediate aftermath of a heart attack or a heart disease diagnose, most women focus on surviving. They want to understand what happened and figure out how to get well. Only once they have had time to process this life-changing event do they start focusing on...
We’ve come a long way in our evolution of defining “women’s health” over the last two decades. No longer are we limited to our reproductive organs, but women’s health is starting to be understood in a more wholistic way, as health across the lifespan. According to the...
Porothea was 46 years old and living with diabetes when she had a heart attack and stroke. Today she balances being a grandmother and health care worker with managing diabetes and heart failure. She’s also a WomenHeart Champion and encourages other women to know their...
