Charities Launch $10 Million For Research Into Women’s Heart Health

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Charities Launch $10 Million For Research Into Women’s Heart Health
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The U.K.’s British Heart Foundation has launched a $10 million international fund for research into cardiovascular disease in women, in collaboration with 11 other major NGOs.

The announcement follows an expert statement from British doctors warning that women in the U.K. and around the world remain “underdiagnosed, undertreated and unrderrepresented” in cardiovascular research.Heart and circulatory disease kills more women than any other type of illness. Yet female patients continue to miss out on life-saving treatments, the consensus statement from the

The picture is similar in the U.S., with heart disease behind an estimated one in five deaths of American women, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

“By joining forces with other world-leading funders, this challenge promises to make real progress, saving and improving more women's lives worldwide,” she added.The British Cardiovascular Society experts made numerous recommendations to improve heart disease outcomes for women.

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