Spring 2015

Guest Editorial: Underdiagnosed, Undertreated, and Understudied: An Epidemic of Cardiovascular Risk in Women

Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of women,1 accounting for more than 200,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.2 Cardiovascular disease is not simply a disease of older women. Heart attacks afflict one in 90 women ages 45 to 54 years old, exceeding the one in 240 diagnosed with breast cancer... more

EBM Tools for Practice: Gender Differences in Clinical Trials

The disparity in treatment effects between men and women has long been established. In some cases, these differences are quite large. While researchers once relied on the assumption that treatment effects in women would be similar to those in men, the historical lack of inclusion of women in... more

Lipid Luminations: The Impact of Hormonal Imbalance on Cardiovascular Health in Men: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown

Cardiovascular disease affects one in three adult males and accounts for 25 percent of their mortality, making it the leading cause of death for men in the U.S.1,2 Clinical androgen deficiency, characterized by low testosterone levels with manifest symptoms, affects a large number of middle-aged... more