October 2, 2008
Good news!
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelminlgly to pass the HEART for Women Act. Now on to the Senate!! Four members of Wisconsin’s delegation to the U.S. House have co-sponsored the legislation, including: Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison; Ron Kind, D-LaCrosse; Steve Kagen, D-Appleton; and Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee.
The Heart for Women Act takes a multi-pronged approach [...]
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September 10, 2008
Counting on estrogen to keep heart disease at bay?
Better think again!
A new study reveals women who smoke have heart attacks more than a decade earlier than those who don’t smoke.
Most women think estrogen protects them from a heart attack until very late in life, but a study presented to the European Society of Cardiology, indicates [...]
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