Washington, DC – Throughout February, the Society for Women’s Health Research News Service will provide news and additional resources for editors interested in covering women and heart disease in conjunction with Heart Month. The Women’s Health Research News Service specializes in women’s health issues and the latest research findings on sex differences in health. The material is available at http://www.womens-health.org/newsservice.html and via weekly e-mail by contacting SarahG@womens-health.org.
“It is important that media coverage of health issues routinely incorporates how women and men may be affected differently,” said Phyllis Greenberger, MSW, president of the Society for Women’s Health Research. “Our pulse is on the latest research findings on sex differences, and we are excited about partnering with news organizations to provide readers with valuable information that can be hard to find,” continued Greenberger.
The four news releases to be distributed in February will cover the following topics:
· February 7: The important role of the Framingham study in understanding women and heart disease.
· February 14: The heart disease/diabetes connection for women.
· February 21: Sex differences in referrals for interventions such as catheterization and electrocardiogram.
· February 28: Sex differences in mortality rates post-heart attack.
“Heart disease is the leading cause of death for U.S. women, yet most women do not realize they are vulnerable,” noted Nanette K. Wenger, M.D., professor of medicine, cardiology division, Emory University School of Medicine. “Women and their treating physicians must appreciate the importance of instituting and maintaining preventive strategies across the life span, and research is needed to define cardiac issues that differ for women and men and thus warrant different management.”
The Women’s Health Research News Service covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from the latest discoveries in Parkinson’s disease to differences between men and women in skin cancer; and from post-traumatic stress disorder in women to how gender affects success of organ transplantation. News releases and resources are available at http://www.womens-health.org/newsservice.html or via automatic e-mail delivery on a weekly basis by contacting SarahG@Womens-Health.org.
The Society for Women’s Health Research is the nation’s only not-for-profit organization whose sole mission is to improve the health of women through research. Founded in 1990, the Society brought to national attention the need for the appropriate inclusion of women in major medical research studies and the resulting need for more information about conditions affecting women. The Society advocates increased funding for research on women’s health, encourages the study of sex differences that may affect the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, and promotes the inclusion of women in medical research studies. Visit the Society’s Web site at www.womens-health.org for more information.