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Emory researcher shares insights with first lady, national leaders at White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research Roundtable

Feb 13, 2024 | News

Leaders in the investment, health care, education and research spaces gathered in Atlanta for a roundtable discussion with first lady Jill Biden.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Cardiovascular and Brain Health in Women

Nov 8, 2023 | News

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and Alzheimer disease are major public health issues, particularly for women.

Carotid Intimamedia Thickness And Whitematter Hyperintensity Volume Among Midlifewomen

Feb 2, 2023 | News

Carotid atherosclerosis may be associated with brain white matter hyperintensities (WMH).

Dr. Lewis Kuller, a Father of Preventive Cardiology, Dies at 88

Dec 5, 2022 | News

His clinical studies focused largely on how to reduce the risk factors of cardiovascular disease. He also established a link between menopause and heart disease.

Childhood Maltreatment and Arterial Stiffness Among Midlife Women

Nov 2, 2022 | News

Childhood maltreatment has been associated with arterial stiffness.

Palpitations Across The Menopause Transition In Swan

Oct 31, 2022 | News

Trajectories, Characteristics, And Associations With Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease

Self-compassion And Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease Among Midlife Women

Jan 26, 2022 | News

Self-compassion is a positive psychological construct characterized by extending compassion toward oneself, often during periods of suffering.

Four Studies Explore Women’s Brain And Heart Health During Midlife

Sep 20, 2021 | News

Midlife health may be an important determinant of cognitive and heart health later on in life.

Childhood-onset Depression and Arterial Stiffness in Young Adulthood

Jun 23, 2021 | News

Researchers have found limited evidence of an association between a history of childhood-onset depression and young adulthood arterial stiffness.

Sexual Assault and Carotid Plaque Among Midlife Women

Apr 28, 2021 | News

Sexual assault is a risk factor for poor mental health, yet its relationship to cardiovascular disease risk is not understood.

Menopause Transition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Implications for Timing of Early Prevention

Dec 16, 2020 | News

Heart disease risk in women increases leading up to menopause; early intervention is key

Arterial Stiffness Accelerates Within 1 Year of the Final Menstrual Period: The SWAN Heart Study

Jul 28, 2020 | News

Menopause may augment age-dependent increases in arterial stiffness.

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Burden During the Menopause Transition and Late Midlife Subclinical Vascular Disease: Does Race/Ethnicity Matter?

Jul 28, 2020 | News

Emma Barinas‐Mitchell, PhD; Chunzhe Duan, PhD; Maria Brooks, PhD; Samar R. El Khoudary, PhD; Rebecca C. Thurston, PhD; Karen A. Matthews, PhD; Elizabeth A. Jackson, MD; Tené T. Lewis, PhD; Carol A. Derby, PhD Background – The extent to which cardiovascular...

Local Researchers Focusing on Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention

May 2, 2019 | News

Alzheimer’s disease impacts nearly 6 million Americans.

Long-running study identifies modifiable dementia risk factor in older adults

Oct 17, 2018 | News

For older adults, it may seem as though the die is already cast regarding their odds of developing dementia.

Five-year exposure to PM2.5 and ozone and subclinical atherosclerosis in late midlife women

Sep 18, 2018 | News

Effects of more than one-year exposure to air pollution on atherosclerosis is seldom studied.

Cardiovascular fat in women at midlife: effects of race, overall adiposity, and central adiposity. The SWAN Cardiovascular Fat Study

Jun 22, 2018 | News

Cardiovascular fat (CF) is associated with greater coronary heart disease (CHD) risk.

Flu Vaccine May Be Linked To Lower Death Risk For Patients With Heart Failure

Apr 19, 2018 | News

Even healthy people are at risk, but those with heart failure should take particular note of today’s news.

Menopause is time for early prevention, leading researcher says

Apr 18, 2018 | News

One in three women in the United States dies of heart disease.

Femoral Artery Atherosclerosis Is Associated With Physical Function Across the Spectrum of the Ankle Brachial Index – The San Diego Population Study

Jul 24, 2017 | News

The ankle‐brachial index (ABI) is inadequate to detect early‐stage atherosclerotic disease, when interventions to prevent functional decline may be the most effective.

Increased Aortic Calcification Is Associated with Arterial Stiffness Progression in Multiethnic Middle-Aged Men

May 16, 2017 | News

Arterial stiffness is established as an independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

Lipid Changes Around the Final Menstrual Period Predict Carotid Subclinical Disease in Postmenopausal Women

May 16, 2017 | News

Atherogenic changes in lipids occur among women around the time of the natural menopause, that is, within 1 year of the final menstrual period (FMP). We investigated whether lipid changes around the FMP are related to carotid intima-media thickness, interadventitial diameter, and plaque in postmenopausal women.

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