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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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Feature | Bridging the Gender Gap in Heart Health: Women’s Specialized Clinics

American College of Cardiology

3,4 Importantly, women have numerous sex-specific risk factors in addition to non-sex-specific ones. These include hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, early or premature menopause, gestational diabetes, polycystic ovarian syndrome, autoimmune or other inflammatory diseases, and breast cancer therapies.

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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.

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The legal case – naming a few names

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

He ran into problems: ‘ Many declined because they felt that participation would jeopardize their grants and perks or, sadder still, because they believe their academic positions would be threatened… when he tried to organize a conference he was told. ‘I The department’s research is conducted independently of the funding sources **.