Research found Abbott’s High-Sensitive Troponin-I blood test may identify adults at risk of having a cardiac event, independent of other heart disease risk factors Originally Published Abbott. Abbott announced that a new study published in Circulation found its High Sensitive Troponin-I blood test could predict the chance of developing a…
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Archived: Kaiser Permanente Outpaces Nation in Reducing Deaths From Heart Disease, Stroke
Death rates from heart disease and stroke in adults under age 65 are lower and dropping faster for Kaiser Permanente (No.2 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) members in Northern California than in the rest of the United States, according to new research published in the American Journal of…
Archived: Novartis: Exploring Longstanding Questions About Heart Disease
(Originally published on Novartis.com) As a young cardiologist and scientist at the University of California, San Francisco, in the US, Shaun Coughlin wanted to know more about the cellular conversations that trigger blood clotting. Clots are necessary to stop bleeding, but also can cause strokes and heart attacks. At the…
Archived: CVS Health Announces $10 Million Commitment to Go Red For Women
CVS Health (a DiversityInc Noteworthy Company), the nation’s largest pharmacy innovation company, has announced a major commitment in support of women’s heart health. As a new national sponsor of the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement, CVS Health has pledged to raise a minimum of $10 million over…
Archived: Kaiser Permanente: What Women Need to Know About Heart Disease
(Kaiser Permanente is No. 1 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) A stomach ache, jaw pain, fatigue. Each symptom on its own may not prompt a woman to call her doctor. But combined, they could signal that a woman is having a heart attack. There’s a myth that heart…
Archived: Body Image Puts Latina Women at Risk
By Chris Hoenig Photo by Shutterstock Latina women have a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) because of both obesity and lupus, but how they view their bodies is only increasing the potentially deadly nature of the risks. Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center and the Center for Women’s…