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Sharing the Healthy Heart Message with Women in Africa

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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.


 

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For Dr. McGregor, the male-centric medical model is so widespread in our health systems and our procedures that we don’t even realize it exists. She offers an informative and prescriptive guide for women to explore the specificities of their bodies and the preventive actions they can take to reduce [...]

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Alert, Anticipate, Act to Save Lives

In France, 200 women die every day from cardiovascular disease in all its forms, and 25,000 die every day worldwide, with delays in treatment mainly due to a lack of awareness. The causes of death in France are well documented: women die most often from a stroke, then from heart attack or heart [...]

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France 2 Broadcasts Warning on Evening Show

At University Hospital of Lille, the Women’s Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation (Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes) is seeing patients every day who have delayed treatment because they were afraid to see a doctor in the past few weeks. No one should hesitate to see a doctor or call 911 as soon as [...]

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