Genetic safeguard protects the female heart—and what happens when it's lost

Men and women are not born with the same risk of heart disease, and for decades scientists have struggled to explain why. A ...
Medical Xpress

AI model can read ECGs to identify female patients at higher risk of heart disease

A new AI model can flag female patients who are at higher risk of heart disease based on an electrocardiogram (ECG). The researchers say the algorithm, designed specifically for female patients, could ...
CNN

Three blood biomarkers may give women a picture of their heart disease risk decades in advance, study shows

Measuring the levels of three biomarkers in blood in midlife may give women a clearer picture of their risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes decades earlier than current ...
Medical Xpress

Scientists uncover the link between estrogen and heart health in women

A new preclinical study from Monash University has uncovered the role of the female sex hormone estrogen in protecting the hearts of women with high blood pressure—a link that, until now, has not been ...
STAT

Down to their heart cells, women and men have cardiovascular differences that matter

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Heart disease has long been ...