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Title CVD Risk Similar in Men, Women With Diabetes, but Care Differs Media name/outlet Medscape Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 19/04/19 URL https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/912033 Persons Alison Wright Title Diabetic women less likely to receive cardioprotective drugs than men Media name/outlet Nursing in Practice Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 18/04/19 URL https://www.nursinginpractice.com/article/diabetic-women-less-likely-receive-cardioprotective-drugs-men Persons Alison Wright Title Diabetic women less likely than men to get medication Media name/outlet ITV News Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 15/04/19 Description Research carried out by the University of Manchester shows that women with type 2 diabetes are less likely than men to be prescribed medication to prevent heart attacks and strokes. URL https://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2019-04-15/diabetic-women-less-likely-than-men-to-get-medication/ Persons Martin Rutter Title Women missing out on life-saving statins in prescribing gender bias Media name/outlet The Telegraph Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 15/04/19 Description A worrying gender divide in the prescribing of life-saving statins to women with Type 2 diabetes has been uncovered by researchers.
An analysis of prescriptions shows that although women are more likely to have high blood pressure and cholesterol than men - putting them at greater risk of heart problems - they were less likely to receive protective medication.
Researchers from the University of Manchester believe that healthcare workers fail to realise that risk of cardiovascular disease for diabetic women is not that much lower than that of men.URL https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/04/14/women-missing-life-saving-statins-prescribing-gender-bias/ Persons Alison Wright, Martin Rutter Title Women with Type 2 diabetes are LESS likely to be prescribed statins than men - despite condition raising the risk to their hearts Media name/outlet Daily Mail Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 15/04/19 URL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6921839/Women-Type-2-diabetes-likely-statins-men-despite-risk-hearts.html Persons Alison Wright Title New research into the link between Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk Media name/outlet PHARMAfield Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 15/04/19 URL https://pharmafield.co.uk/healthcare/new-research-into-the-link-between-type-2-diabetes-and-cardiovascular-disease-risk/ Persons Alison Wright Title Study shows improvements in cardiovascular risk for women developing Type 2 diabetes despite prescription bias Media name/outlet The Medical News Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 15/04/19 URL https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190415/Study-shows-improvements-in-cardiovascular-risk-for-women-developing-Type-2-diabetes-despite-prescription-bias.aspx Persons Alison Wright Title ‘Prescription bias' may see female diabetics miss out on statins, study suggests Media name/outlet The Irish News Media type Web Country/Territory Ireland Date 14/04/19 URL https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/science/2019/04/14/news/-prescription-bias-may-see-female-diabetics-miss-out-on-statins-study-suggests-1597654/ Persons Alison Wright
Keywords
- diabetes
- gender
- cardiovascular disease