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								A woman who is pregnant has her blood pressure taken at a doctor's office.
      
            
            January 28, 2022|
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	Pregnancy is like the ultimate stress test: what new prospective parents need to know about heart health
	

        
                                        New research shows that by tending to their cardiovascular health now, patients can get big benefits during pregnancy and beyond It’s important to keep hearts healthy at every life stage, but how people take care of themselves leading up to and during pregnancy can affect their cardiovascular health for decades. Victoria Pemberton , a nurse and...
      
      Marilyn Gaston and Gayle Porter embracing.
              February 11, 2020|
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	Circles of Healing: Helping Vulnerable Women in the Prime of Their Lives
	

        Two doctors point the way to better heart health for midlife black women Spend a little time with Marilyn Gaston, M.D., and Gayle Porter, Psy.D., and it’s not hard to guess they’ve been pals for a long time—42 years to be exact. They finish each other’s sentences, can tell you everything about the other’s family and friends. They even live together...
    Young women at blood bank waiting to donate blood.
              June 11, 2019|
						
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	Red blood cell donor pregnancy history not linked to higher mortality in transfusion recipients
	

        A study of more than 1 million transfusion recipients does not suggest a change in red blood cell donation practices A new study has found that the sex or pregnancy history of red blood cell donors does not influence the risk of death among patients who receive their blood. The study adds to a growing body of literature examining whether blood...
    African american grandmother happy after working out
              May 13, 2019|
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	Older Women: Every Bit (of Movement) Counts
	

        If you are a woman over 60, move more. Move often. Break those long sitting bouts. Why? Literally, every time you twist, turn, walk, or stand counts towards improving your cardiovascular health. That’s the good-news message from two recently published studies on the cardiovascular effects of sedentary behaviors and light physical activity in older...
    T. Morgan Dixon (left) and Vanessa Garrison, founder of GirlTrek.
              May 09, 2019|
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	Empowering Women to Get Healthy, One Step at a Time
	

        Vanessa Garrison and T. Morgan Dixon know a ton about fitness. Between the two, they’ve hiked, walked, biked, and run more miles than they can ever begin to count. But nine years ago, when the two college buddies founded GirlTrek, now the largest public health nonprofit for African American women and girls in the United States, their first thought...
    Elderly woman is doing gentle, light exercises in a garden.
              March 15, 2019|
						
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	Light physical activity linked to lower risk of heart disease in older women
	

        Light physical activity such as gardening, strolling through a park, and folding clothes might be enough to significantly lower the risk of cardiovascular disease among women 63 and older, a new study has found. This kind of activity, researchers said, appears to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease events such as stroke or heart failure by up...
    Elderly woman standing up at the kitchen counter, with a glass of orange juice, vegetables and an apple.
              February 19, 2019|
						
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	Long periods of sedentary behavior may increase cardiovascular risk in older women
	

        A new study has found that the longer older women sit or lay down during the course of a day—and the longer the individual periods of uninterrupted sitting—the greater their risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke. But reducing their sedentary time by just an hour a day appears to lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases...
  
      
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