Each week News 4 brings you the latest news on health, fitness and medical breakthroughs. Previous reports are posted here as a service of News 4 St. Louis . Because nothing matters more than your health. Doctors are launching a national public education campaign about heart disease. At the onset of menopause, most women are more overweight and sedentary than men.
More women have high cholesterol, a major risk factor for heart disease.
Women live more than a third of their lives after menopause, so if they don't tackle heart disease head-on, they could be setting the stage for years of disability. The new valve called the perimount mitral pericardial valve, uses pericardial tissue taken from a cow's heart. That makes the new valve longer lasting than pig tissue replacement valves. Shivering cold is one of the most common negative experiences associated with surgery, but a new therapy called forced air warming could help. Studies show that surgical hypothermia is associated with higher rates of post-operative complications.