In preparation for our 4th Annual Swing with Heart Golf Tournament, WomenHeart Vice-Chair of the Board, Barbara Tombros, was featured on a regional golf podcast, Golf DMV. Barbara joined the show to raise awareness of heart disease in women, and highlight the event....
“I don’t look like your typical face of heart disease,” says WomenHeart Champion Corie Cutshall. “And I definitely didn’t take it seriously because I was so young.” Corie was diagnosed with heart disease at the age of 25—a stark reminder that heart disease can affect...
The first thing WomenHeat Champion, Roxanne Watson shares with us when she picks up the phone is that she has an interview with her state senator. Then she jokes that she was on the news for her birthday twice last week. The following week is the anniversary of her...
As the rise of biotech industries merges with the United States hitting 10 million patents, the science has never been better for breakthroughs in life sciences and advancements in public health. On Tuesday, July 17, The Atlantic hosted the State of Care: Innovations...
I have a purpose to share my heart story and save lives. I am a WomenHeart Champion, a heart disease survivor, cardiovascular research advocate for women and retired cardiovascular registered nurse. The WomenHeart Champions are the core of our organization. I want to...
Originally published in the Scripps Mercy Hospital Newsletter, July 2018 No. 5 One of our own volunteers, Pat Egan a Woman Heart Champion, pictured below (second from the left), participated in the Women’s Heart Health Event along with Dr. Poulina Uddin and Dr....
“My experience at the WomenHeart Science and Leadership Symposium [in October of 2017] was an amazing one. I went there knowing that I would get to meet other heart survivors and learn a bunch of new information. What I didn't know was the strong friendships I would...
“I had three heart attacks in one day,” Yesenia Araujo says. The first, she explains, happened at her home, where her boyfriend called an ambulance to rush her to the hospital because she was vomiting, fatigued and experiencing shortness of breath—though at the time...
Originally published on ADAA.org, Anxiety and Depression Association of America Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women, with 1 in 4 women dying each year. Yet 45 percent of women do not know that heart disease is their number- one killer, responsible...
Originally published in U.S. News & World Report I grew up in the United States, a child to first-generation immigrants from India. My parents worked very hard; my dad was a professor, and my mom stayed at home raising three energetic children. Our diet oscillated...
Pregnant with her first baby at 23 years old, Mary Anne Norling was excited and nervous, bracing herself for the Washington, D.C. summer heat when she found out she had pre-eclampsia. The first health scare of many she would endure and survive Norling didn’t know that...
WomenHeart offers social and emotional support services in all shapes and sizes. We try to make it as simple as possible to connect you with other women who get it. One of the ways we do this is through our Virtual Support Network—a peer-led group that meets online...
