Prof. Claire Mounier-Vehier and Thierry Drilhon, cofounders of Women’s Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation, were Agnès Renard’s guests on Telesud, a general interest TV station broadcasting in Africa. They took the opportunity to talk about cardiovascular disease in women, as well as introduce the foundation and its work. Their message: it’s essential to alert, anticipate and act without delay to encourage women to take better care of themselves.
Le Figaro highlighted how important it is for women to think about their hearts in two articles on their health page. Women who have irregular or missed periods should be extra attentive because they’re more likely to be overweight, have high blood pressure and high cholesterol which all expose [...]
Researchers have just reported the results of a large study of more than 140,000 adults in Taiwan followed for an average of 5 years that show that regular physical activity reduces the risk of becoming hypertensive, even when air pollution is at moderately high levels. The results show that [...]
Women’s Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation Issues Alert About Takotsubo “An accumulation of intense stress leads to emotional fragility, which can end up paralyzing the cardiac muscle,” says Prof. Claire Mounier-Véhier, a cardiologist at University Hospital of Lille who cofounded [...]