Facts About Heart Disease in Women CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF HEART DISEASE by  the Go Red For Women Editors It’s true: Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in women. Yet, only 1 in 5 American women believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat. Take  Amy Heinl , for example, an avid marathon runner and fitness devotee. Heart disease was the furthest thing from her mind – until she collapsed during an early-morning workout. A diagnosis of heart disease followed, and it took her completely by surprise. “I really couldn’t believe this happened to me,” Amy says. “I thought of myself as a healthy person, and I was exercising when it happened. I truly believed I had pulled a muscle.” Which is why her friend called 9-1-1, not Amy. The truth is, women are less likely to call 9-1-1 when experiencing symptoms of a heart attack themselves. It simply doesn’t occur to them to do so. And why would it? The bulk of media attention on the disease is focused on men. He...

The fourth edition of Science of Eradication: Malaria was held in Boston this week and the next edition will be held in Barcelona in 2016 According to the World Malaria Report 2014, published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), progress continues to be made in the struggle against this disease. Between 2000 and 2013, the incidence of malaria decreased by 30% worldwide and the mortality rate fell by 47%. Building on these important advances, the WHO's new global malaria strategy for the next 15 years shifts the focus to malaria elimination, an area in which there is still much work to be done: in 2013, 198 million people were infected worldwide and 584,000 died. Against this backdrop, officials from malaria programmes and health ministries across the globe and leading malaria researchers from international organisations and universities gathered for the fourth edition of Science of Eradication: Malaria. The aim of the course was to discuss the paradigm shift involved in ...