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How Vasomotor Symptoms in Menopause are Linked with Cardiovascular Events

Women’s Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation (Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes) is alerting women about an indicator of cardiovascular risk that should encourage them to get a cardiovascular check-up as they enter menopause.

Our gynecology experts (Delfany Mardhel and Geneviève Plu-Bureau from Port-Royal hospital, Paris) have analyzed six studies that evaluate connections between vasomotor symptoms in menopause and the risk of cardiovascular events.

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Activity report 2024

Rapport

What are your priorities? Claire Mounier-Véhier: we want to save lives by making prevention an integral part of French women's lifestyles. In eight out of ten cases, the onset of cardiovascular disease can be prevented by a healthy lifestyle and regular medical check-ups. Thierry Drilhon: We [...]

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Book Recommendation: Are You Gaining Weight Because of What’s in Your Head or What’s on Your Plate?

Publications

There’s no shortage of books about weight loss. But this one is different. You’ll find Le surpoids, c’est dans la tête ou dans l’assiette useful because it provides guilt-free explanations of all the factors that contribute to excess weight. It goes beyond food to explore psychological, [...]

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How Drug Tolerance Differs for Women

Health Professionals

This is the main conclusion of a large American study just published in Biology of Sex Differences, which analyzed literature data from more than 5,400 references to determine whether gender differences in pharmacokinetic parameters predict differences in the occurrence of adverse events in men and [...]

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