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Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
In the first study, Amytis Towfighi, M.D., of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and colleagues analyzed data from U.S. adults age 35 to 54 who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (nationally representative surveys conducted by the government) during 1988 to 1994 (4,326 participants) and 1999 to 2004 (4,075 participants). The researchers...
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VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Hearts attacks have increased among middle-aged American women in the past two decades, but their chance of survival has improved, two new studies show. "We found that men still have a higher prevalence than women, but what has happened is that the gap has narrowed," said Dr. Amytis Towfighi, assistant professor of clinical neurology at the University of Southern California,...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... trend in cardiovascular health among midlife women," said the lead author of both studies, Dr. Amytis Towfighi, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Southern California.Women have been thought to be largely protected from heart attacks and stroke prior to menopause due to hormonal influences. But the rising rate of , which is higher in middle-age women than middle-age...
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Forbes (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
MONDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Hearts attacks have increased among middle-aged American women in the past two decades, but their chance of survival has improved, two new studies show. "We found that men still have a higher prevalence than women, but what has happened is that the gap has narrowed," said Dr. Amytis Towfighi, assistant professor of clinical neurology at the University...
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iTWire - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Page 1 of 3According to U.S. research in a comparision of heart attacks between men and women 35 to 54 years of age, men still have more heart attacks than women, but the gap is narrowing between them.Science Discussions The paper summarizing their work appears in the Archives of Internal Medicine (Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(19):1762-1766).The paper is entitled “.”Its authors are Amytis Towfighi...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... increase than men in their chances of survival following a heart attack.In the first study, Amytis Towfighi, M.D., of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and colleagues analyzed data from U.S. adults age 35 to 54 who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (nationally representative surveys conducted by the government) during 1988 to 1994...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... trend in cardiovascular health among midlife women," said the lead author of both studies, Dr. Amytis Towfighi, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Southern California.Women have been thought to be largely protected from heart attacks and stroke prior to menopause due to hormonal influences. But the rising rate of obesity, which is higher in middle-aged women...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... question of whether heart disease or heart attack were also becoming more prevalent among women. Amytis Towfighi, M.D., of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and colleagues analyzed data from U.S. adults age 35 to 54 who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (nationally representative surveys conducted by the government) during 1988...
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Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... trend in cardiovascular health among midlife women," said the lead author of both studies, Dr. Amytis Towfighi, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Southern California.Women have been thought to be largely protected from heart attacks and stroke prior to menopause due to hormonal influences. But the rising rate of obesity, which is higher in middle-aged women...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... trend in cardiovascular health among mid life women," said the lead author of both studies, Dr. Amytis Towfighi, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Southern California.Women have been thought to be largely protected from heart attacks and stroke before menopause because of hormonal influences. But the rising rate of obesity, which is higher in middle-aged women...
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Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... trend in cardiovascular health among midlife women," said the lead author of both studies, Dr. Amytis Towfighi, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Southern California.Women have been thought to be largely protected from heart attacks and stroke before menopause because of hormonal influences. But the rising rate of obesity, which is higher in middle-age women...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... trend in cardiovascular health among midlife women," said the lead author of both studies, Dr. Amytis Towfighi, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Southern California.Women have been thought to be largely protected from heart attacks and stroke prior to menopause due to hormonal influences. But the rising rate of obesity, which is higher in middle-aged women...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... and avoidance of smoke and smoking - is necessary for both men and women.'' In the first study, Dr Amytis Towfighi, of the University of Southern California, and colleagues said more needed to be done to screen and treat vascular risk factors in women in their mid-life years. ''Although men in their mid-life years continue to have a higher prevalence of myocardial infarction (heart...
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Newswise (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Heart attacks appear to have become more common in middle-aged women over the past two decades, but all women and especially those younger than 55 have recently experienced a greater increase than men in their chances of survival following such a heart event, according to two reports in the October 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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cardiobrief.org (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Two new studies provide important new details about the complex situation regarding women and MI. On the one hand, middle-aged women over the last 20 years have developed an increased risk of MI. (The trend for men of the same age has been improving, by contrast, though men still have a higher absolute risk than [...]
