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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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Book Review: 100 Questions and Responses on Contraception
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The vast majority of women use contraception at some point in their lives. The method they choose varies based on their stage in life. Various hormonal and non-hormonal options are available. It’s important to know the advantages and potential disadvantages of each contraceptive method in order to [...]
Book Review: Mon combat pour le Cœur des Femmes (My Fight for Women’s Hearts)
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This book tells the story of growing awareness and mobilizing collectively to fight cardiovascular disease in women. Do we have to continue dying at 45 years old from an undiagnosed heart attack? Is it acceptable that women are diagnosed late? Can we tolerate having to amputate a 35-year-old’s leg [...]
Why It’s Urgent to Act to Against Cardiovascular Disease, Leading Cause of Maternal Death
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It is estimated that 150,000 women of childbearing age in France have a cardiovascular disease. If these patients don’t receive appropriate care during pregnancy, the risk of complications for their children is 15 times higher and their risk of death is 100 times higher. Pregnancy is a true [...]
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