News on Women's Health

A woman who is pregnant has her blood pressure taken at a doctor's office.

January 28, 2022

Research Feature

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...

March 10, 2017

Research Feature

HIV and Heart Disease: A REPRIEVE for Women

Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV (REPRIEVE) needs volunteers. Learn more at http://www.reprievetrial.org.

Not so long ago, living longer was its own reward for people with HIV. Antiretroviral therapy extended lives, gave hope, and silenced what for many had felt like a ticking clock. But for the 1.2 million HIV-positive people in the United States, an extended life has come with its own heart...

May 05, 2014

News Release

Health and financial analysis reinforces NIH's decision to fund Women's Health Initiative

An in-depth analysis of final data from one of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Trials has found that the investment in WHI resulted in a return of $140 in net economic value for each dollar invested in the trial. The WHI, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute...