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Et si le coeur vous en dit - Interview with Thierry Drilhon

Because cardiovascular disease has become the leading cause of death for women in France and worldwide, killing younger and younger women every day, prevention is the best medicine. As I explain in this article, in 8 out of 10 cases, we can prevent women from becoming ill through positive, effective [...]

Syndicat National des Cardiologues

In France, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among women. Most of these deaths could be avoided if the screening pathway were properly defined, access to care facilitated and the pathways coordinated. This shortcoming in the organization of our healthcare system is one of the [...]

The Women's Heart Bus: an indispensable prevention tool

It confirms the validity of the Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes initiative. 73% have abdominal obesity, 43% have uncontrolled high blood pressure, 30% have had no gynaecological check-up for over 3 years... The results of this study are far more alarming than we had anticipated! Well above national [...]

A master midwife.

To be clear, this wasn't exactly luxury, and apart from those who had been able to attend her teaching at the Châtelet de Paris, the standard of these on-the-job-trained birth attendants (still called "matrones" or even "ventrières") was truly catastrophic. Infant mortality remained as [...]

Health insurance

Assurance Maladie joins the Bus du Coeur des Femmes. The Bus du Coeur des Femmes has obtained the support of the Assurance Maladie for its screening and information campaigns throughout France. We would like to thank Thomas Fatôme, its General Manager, for his involvement in our project: "The [...]

The Women's Heart Bus in Cannes

The Women's Heart Bus kicked off its 2022 tour from March 9 to 11 in Cannes, to combat cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death among women. It offered a 7-step screening program for women in vulnerable situations, free of charge upon registration. Over 200 women were screened. 1. [...]

The Women's Heart Bus in Privas

Well done and thank you to all the partners who were involved in this stage, which we'll all remember with fondness! We were very honored that Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière decided to join us in Privas for the launch of the stage. He says he was stunned by the figures: 200 women a day in France [...]

The Vyv Group commits to Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes

What is Le Défy? In concrete terms, Le Défy is a mobile application, designed in partnership with United Hereos, which allows users to record their physical activity and earn points. The collective effort will release a donation of 15,000 euros to benefit the Agir pour le cœur des femmes [...]