Tag: Dr. Louise Pilote

Is it enough to have “enough” women in cardiac studies?

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by Carolyn Thomas   ♥    @HeartSisters

Did you hear the one about the Harvard study on the effects of aspirin in preventing heart attack? Over 22,000 men participated, but the researchers did not recruit even one woman.1

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Women’s cardiac care: how do you think we’re doing?

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by Carolyn Thomas   ♥   @HeartSisters

In their landmark review, Canadian heart researchers Dr. Karin Humphries and Dr. Louise Pilote answered this important question(1):

“Why are we examining women’s cardiovascular health in this issue of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology?”    .   .

Why indeed?  Some of their answers may surprise you. . .     .
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