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How Cardiac Rehab Helps Women Heal Faster

Physical Activity

In this article, Women’s Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation highlights how important and necessary it is for women to go through cardiac rehabilitation when they’ve had a cardiovascular event or are at high risk of having one. Dr. Natalia Kpogbemabou, cardiologist and rehabilitation physician at [...]

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Why Stress is a Ticking Time Bomb

Stress

Women have many stress hormone receptors in their arteries and cardiac muscle for hormones called catecholamines. Their coronary arteries (arteries irrigating the heart) are also smaller than men’s. All of this makes women more vulnerable to coronary artery spasms where stress triggers an artery to [...]

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What contraceptives are available in France in 2020?

Gynecology

Contraceptives with hormones Most of these contraceptives contain two hormones: estrogen and progestin. These are called estroprogestin contraception or combination birth control pills. Others are progestin-only contraceptives. They’re all very effective contraceptives. Estroprogestin [...]

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