The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the HEART for Women Act by voice vote this afternoon.  This is great progress for federal legislation that will help fight heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases in women, our number one killer. 

During the hearing for this bill, Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) singled out the Society for Women's Health Research for it support of this important legislation and for its work to help it move forward.

The Society has been working with the American Heart Association, the Association of Black Cardiologists, and WomenHeart on this bill.

You can read a joint press release from these organizations on our Web site.  At the bottom of the press release, there is a link to a page where you can write your own members of Congress in support of this legislation, which will improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in women.

Here is what Society President Phyllis Greenberger had to say in the release: "Finally, the day has come when women's heart health will receive the hearing it deserves before Congress. Research and effective treatment for women with heart disease continues to lag.  Advancing this legislation is critical to ensuring that women and their doctors will some day have the right tools for prevention and treatment of this leading killer."