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                    [Title] => Heart Disease In Women: Are You At Risk?
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Ask almost any woman to describe a potential heart attack victim and the answer comes quickly and easily—an overweight man in his 60s or 70s who eats poorly, does no exercise, has high blood pressure, and maybe even smokes.

[DatePublished] => 2007-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1214784 [AuthorName] => Catherine Jones [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372699 [Title] => Anti-cancer vaccine available in RP [Summary] => A vaccine that prevents several kinds of cancer — all traceable to two subtypes of the human papillomavirus (HPV) — is now available in the Philippines, doctors said yesterday.

Dr. Efren Domingo, president of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists of the Philippines, said HPV subtypes 16 and 18 are responsible for 70 percent of cases of cervical cancer, the second most common cause of cancer death in women worldwide, as well as vulvar and vaginal cancers.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285702 [AuthorName] => Dulce Arguelles-Sanchez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 152314 [Title] => Largest clinical test on heart disease includes many women [Summary] => A number of clinical studies have been conducted through the years on cardiovascular disease but none has actually involved a significant number of women.

During a recent meeting of cardiologists and heart related specialists dubbed "Heart Protection Evening" held at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel, Dr. Esperanza Cabral, one of the country’s leading heart specialists, presented the results of Heart Protection Study (HPS), the largest clinical study ever conducted on a type of cholesterol lowering drug known as the ‘statins.’
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1222905 [AuthorName] => Chat Alejandro [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 131590 [Title] => Results of study on heart drug disclosed [Summary] => The risk of life-threatening heart problems and stroke can be significantly reduced by 20 percent with an anti-platelet medicine called clopidogrel.

This was revealed in a report on the international clinical trial called CURE (Cloridogrel in Unstable Angina to Prevent Recurrent Ischemic Events) which was published in the Aug. 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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