Women's Health

CVD is the leading cause of maternal deaths in the U.S., contributing to a more than twofold increase in pregnancy-related mortality from 1987 to 2015, and better CV management in pregnant women is needed, according to a presenter.

Obstructive CAD is not always the best predictor of CV events, especially in women, so a better characterization of coronary pathophysiology is necessary, according to a speaker.

For young women who want to improve their aerobic fitness, weight loss may not matter, researchers found.

In a survey of cardiac clinicians, researchers found that neither sex nor race of a patient predicted allocation of HF therapies, although bias was observed in the form of harsher judgment of women overall, particularly for Black women.

Cognitive scores were lower in the presence of hypertensive retinopathy in mid-life and older women, according to a speaker at the virtual Prevent Blindness: Focus on Eye Health National Summit.

A partnership between a health system and a Medicaid payer increased postpartum visits among high-risk, low-income new mothers in New York City, according to a report in the American Journal of Public Health.

Beta-blocker use may precipitate HF in women with new-onset CHD but not in men, researchers found.

Women’s health advocates discussed the potential health consequences of a Supreme Court decision to remand a case providing women with free contraception access back to a lower court.

Women who developed migraine with aura had a higher incidence rate of CVD vs. women who developed migraine without aura or had no migraine, according to a cohort study published in JAMA.

Among women living with HIV, those at high psychosocial risk had higher carotid plaque prevalence and were more likely to have formed new plaque compared with those at low psychosocial risk, researchers reported.