Heart disease prevention in women

Primary prevention programs to reduce heart disease risk in women.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women. Despite this statistic, many women do not perceive heart disease as a priority health concern. Recognizing that prevention begins in the community, the American Hospital Association launched a national fellowship program in 1998 to improve cardiovascular health. This article describes a practice innovation designed by a clinical nurse sp...

Heart Disease Prevention in Young Women: Sounding an Alarm.

Primary prevention of coronary heart disease in women.

Despite the fact that coronary heart (CHD) disease is the leading cause of death among postmenopausal women, research on primary prevention of CHD in women has been relatively sparse. Prevalence of CHD risk factors such as cigarette smoking and hypertension remain high among US women. Moreover, common factors unique to women including pregnancy, oophorectomy, menopause, and use of steroid hormo...

Prevention of heart disease in women: Considerable challenges remain

Although awareness of cardiovascular disease (CVD) as the leading cause of death among US women has improved over the past decade, factors such as obesity, untreated hypertension, diabetes and the lack of access to healthcare services prevent healthcare providers from making additional gains in the fight against heart disease. Due to demographic changes in the US, healthcare providers are begin...

The prevention of coronary heart disease in women.

BACKGROUND The role of walking, as compared with vigorous exercise, in the prevention of coronary heart disease remains controversial, and data for women on this topic are sparse. METHODS We prospectively examined the associations between the score for total physical activity, walking, and vigorous exercise and the incidence of coronary events among 72,488 female nurses who were 40 to 65 year...