I was interviewed by Catherine Morgan at Blogher after the report called Heart Device Studies Still Leave Women Out of Equation was published in the March issue of the journal, Circulation. Catherine asked a number of questions about my take on Dr. Rita Redberg’s findings in this research. For example, one of her questions was:
“How concerned should women with heart disease be about this latest report?” Continue reading “Are women being left behind in cardiac research?”
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
Her medical nightmare started during the summer of 2008 when she was just 39 and began having terrifying heart attack symptoms. It took well over two years for this mother of three from upstate New York to finally hear a correct diagnosis. Put on your diagnostician’s cap today and consider the chilling account of her experience, told in her own words over five months. Continue reading “It wasn’t heart disease – but what was it?”
Here’s a news flash from the Prepared Patient forum of the Center For Advancing Health: your doctor is not a mind reader. And how you describe your symptoms can be just as important as what you describe. Physicians – and experienced heart patients – say you must be as detailed and descriptive as possible. For example: Continue reading “How to communicate your heart symptoms to your doctor”
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
Television news reporter Jennifer Donelan was just 36 years old when she had a heart attack near the end of a busy day at work last September. Five months after surviving this horrific cardiac event, she’s now back at ABC 7 News in Washington, DC, where she hosted a three-part Heart Month series on women living with heart disease. She explained: Continue reading “TV reporter Jennifer Donelan survives heart attack at age 36”
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