Understand and Educate Women Who Have CVD Risk Factors -- Here's How!
Ileana Pina, MD, reports on recent important studies on women's health and points out the discouraging persistence of disparities in cardiovascular research and health.
Medscape Cardiology
Long-term Association of Routine Blood Count (Coulter) Variables on Fatal Coronary Heart Disease: 30-year Results From the First Prospective Northwick Park Heart Study (NPHS-I)
Can routine blood count variables be predicators of mortality from coronary heart disease? This long-term study examines the evidence.
International Journal of Epidemiology
A Third Study Finds Bisphosphonates Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
Women who were taking bisphosphonates for osteoporosis had a 30% reduced risk for breast cancer, compared with control subjects not taking these drugs.
Medscape Medical News