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Complementary risk factors

Certain cardiovascular risk factors are too often overlooked in women.

Complementary risk factors

The classic risk factors spontaneously spring to mind: sedentary lifestyle, smoking, poor diet, hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol... Specific risk factors are beginning to be taken more into account: age of first menstrual period, contraception, nome of pregnancy, hypertension during pregnancy, early menopause, breast cancer with radiotherapy... And finally, there are the risk factors that we don't always think about, but which play a major role in women's lives: psychosocial stress, violence, economic insecurity, social isolation, mental burden, migraine with aura... and perhaps above all, lack of self-esteem and difficulty in taking care of oneself. When you see your doctor, don't hesitate to talk about all this. What you feel deep down inside is very important.

 
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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 [...]

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Coffee or Coke? for diabetic patients

Nutrition

We know that coffee consumption is associated with a reduced cardiovascular risk. But what about diabetics? That's the subject of this literature review and meta-analysis of the dose-response effect of prospective studies. Ten cohorts comprising 82,270 cases were identified. Compared with [...]

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Hypertension and pregnancy: what our experts have to say!

Gynecology

High blood pressure (HTA) is still one of the main modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). In women, pregnancy can be a specific risk factor for the development of hypertension, due to a disturbance in the production of the placenta. In women already being treated for hypertension, [...]

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