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Home / Health / Conditions and Diseases / Cardiovascular Disorders / Heart Disease / Women
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- A Different Heart - Intended to educate both health care professionals and patients on the difficulties and options for assessing risk and heart disease in women.
www.adifferentheart.com
- Affairs of the Heart - A program educating women about heart disease through a free women's health symposium. Part of the Columbia University Dept. of Surgery.
www.affairsoftheheart.info
- Cardiovascular Disease in Women - A statement for health care professionals from the American Heart Association.
circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/96/7/2468
- Cardiovascular Institute of the South - An article by Samuel J. Stagg III, M.D. about women being especially prone to early high blood pressure.
www.cardio.com/articles/women.htm
- Cholesterol/Heart Disease Resources for Women - Cholesterol and heart disease articles, brochures, tools and self exams to assess your heart health and find the right treatment.
www.pfizerforwomen.com/womenlibrary/HealthLibrarySubsections.jhtml?sectionID=1000000§ionType=1&resourceCategory=1§ionTitle=Health+Articles&source=13#High Cholesterol
- Guide to Preventive Cardiology for Women - American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, Scientific Statement.
circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/99/18/2480
- Health4her - Offers an article on heart disease being the number one killer of American women.
health4her.com/library/concerns/heart-disease.cfm
- Heart Disease Unreported Killer of Women, Smoking A Factor - LA Times article.
ash.org/feb99/02-02-99-6.html
- MDchoice.com - A woman's guide to controlling high blood pressure.
www.mdchoice.com/Pt/consumer/hp1.asp
- Plainsense - Discussion on recognizing the warning signs of heart disease, know the risk factors, post menopause and what you can do.
www.plainsense.com/Health/Heart/women.htm
- Take Wellness To Heart - Self-care tips, warning signs of heart disease for women, information on depression after heart attack and stroke, family nutrition and exercise.
www.women.americanheart.org/index2.html
- The Karen Yontz Women's Cardiac Awareness Center - Information about the center and its mission which is to increase awareness of heart disease in women, including risk assessment and education on lifestyle management.
www.karenyontzcenter.org
- The National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) - Dedicated to women's health and well being. A call center available for health questions.
www.4woman.org
- WHI Center - Women's Health Interactive provides two assessments, one for assessing your risk of heart disease, the other for heart nutrition.
womens-health.com/health_center/heart
- Women and Heart Disease - An atlas featuring US national and state maps of heart disease mortality among women.
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/cvd/womensatlas
- Women Get Less Heart Care, but Have Better Outcomes - Researchers report that while women are evaluated less aggressively for chest pain in the emergency room, men face worse health outcomes after such an event.
www.drkoop.com/news/focus/feb/women_heart.html
- WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease - Web site offers information and interactive features, such as a Bulletin Board and a My Journal section. Membership is free.
www.womenheart.org
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