Women have been underrepresented in cardiovascular research for decades, and that knowledge gap has real consequences. Yale Women’s Health Research at the Yale School of Medicine has pioneered investigations into how heart disease affects women differently than men, examining everything from symptom presentation to treatment responses. Their work has illuminated critical gender disparities, including why women often experience different heart attack symptoms and why certain cardiac medications work differently in female patients.
For Canadian women concerned about heart health, understanding these research developments matters …