Cardiovascular Disease: The Basics Traditionally regarded as a male disease, cardiovascular (heart) disease (CVD) is the number one killer of women worldwide. It also is a major cause of serious illness and disability, costly to healthcare systems and destroying women’s quality of life. In the EU, CVD remains the top cause of death for women…
Policy Brief: Women and Cervical Cancer
Cervical Cancer Prevalence Worldwide, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women under the age of 44. In the EU, 31,300 women develop and 13,600 die from cervical cancer annually with higher rates in new Member States. On average, there are 175,000 women living with cervical cancer in the European Union at any…
Women and Diabetes, Policy brief
Diabetes: The Basics Diabetes is a complex metabolic disease characterised by elevated blood glucose (sugar) levels. The increased glucose levels cause serious damage, especially to the eye, kidney, nerves, heart and blood vessels. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that regulates blood glucose. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas produces no insulin;…
