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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

Women also had more cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension (66.6% It would be like diagnosing women with metastatic breast cancer, but finding that just as many women with metastatic breast cancer were alive in 5 years as women not diagnosed with breast cancer. versus 66.3%; P =0.004), older age (62.4±7.9

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Championing Change: Celebrating Cardiometabolic Health Congress (CMHC) Women Faculty

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

At the same time, we know that there are gender differences in health , including differences in pain perception and management, hormonal changes in brain and pain, and cardiometabolic risk factors, among other factors contributing to the complex interplay of sex and gender in health.