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Offices on Women’s Health
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...
The Link Between Heart Disease and Diabetes
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...
Why Your Heart Matters Right Now
We have been trying hard to survive a pandemic in the past 16 months. For some of us, it has felt like a full-time job, and many have ignored their heart as a result of everything else. So many people have put off health care because it has not been the priority since...
Taking Stock of Heart Health Policy
If it wasn’t already high on the legislative agenda, health policy certainly took the spotlight in the last year and a half as the world battled a pandemic and elected officials worked to respond. WomenHeart has worked to capitalize on the moment to advocate for...
WomenHeart Stands with the AAPI Community
In the past weeks, we have witnessed the tragic murders of innocent people in Atlanta, most of whom were Asian women. Sadly, this attack comes amidst an increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans over the past year. Combined with the extreme challenges of the...
Heart Valve Disease – Why We Under-Diagnose and Under-Treat Women
The prevalence of heart valve disease is rising. Yet, women – and especially women of color – are more likely than men to go undiagnosed, and therefore have lower rates of referral, specialist visits and treatment. In 2020, WomenHeart engaged Dr. Rachel Bond and NHA...
An End of Year Message
Before we breathe a deep sigh of relief as we put 2020 behind us, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on this year for the WomenHeart family - a year marked by adversity and redeemed by resilience and grace. I don't want to mince words - for far too many of us, 2020...
Showing Gratitude for WomenHeart Champions
As we head into a season of thanks, WomenHeart would like to express appreciation to our amazing volunteers. This has been a trying year for most, but through it all WomenHeart Champions have continued to support our mission to improve the health and quality of life...
A Special Week for WomenHeart
There has been so much to endure this year – a pandemic the likes of which we haven’t seen in a century, deep economic stagnation leading millions to lose their jobs, school closures disrupting the educational progress and social development of young people, social...
A Patient-First Policy Agenda for the First 100 Days
WomenHeart joined 33 organizations representing millions of people with pre-existing conditions in releasing our top policy priorities for the next Administration related to access to adequate and affordable health coverage. “The 100 Days Agenda: A Patient-First...
Reflections on a Legacy
With the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I wanted to use her words to narrate my own journey to WomenHeart as well as our collective experiences over the last several months. My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant – Be your own person. Be...
National Cholesterol Education Month
While many aspects of our daily lives have been uncertain lately due to the coronavirus pandemic, one thing we can count on is that the seasons are changing and September is here, which means National Cholesterol Education Month. High cholesterol is a major modifiable...