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The report says a woman dies of heart disease in Canada every 20 minutes and are five times more likely to die from heart disease than breast cancer yet two-thirds of heart disease clinical research still focuses on men.
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The foundation said women are more likely than men to die or have a second heart attack within the first six months of a cardiac event and women are less likely to get bypass surgery and stents to restore blood flow.
Savoie said there is a need to 香蕉视频直播渆ducate and equip health care systems and providers to think about, investigate and treat women香蕉视频直播檚 heart disease differently than they do men香蕉视频直播檚.香蕉视频直播�
On the positive side, Savoie said more organizations that fund research are requiring sex and gender to be considered in research proposals and that Canadian researchers are at the forefront of new studies into heart conditions that predominantly affect women.
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The Canadian Press
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