APRIL 18, 2002 | The
Associated Press (AP) has reported the findings of a
researcher in the College
of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Jean C. McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., an associate professor,
recently reported at a conference of the National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute that women may
have warning signs of impending heart attack for as long
as two years in advance.
The AP described McSweeney’s findings in an article
this week. CNN.com published the article,
as did the Miami Herald, the Chicago Tribune, and other
newspapers around the nation. Reports of her research
appeared on television stations in cities across the
country, including Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Boston,
San Jose, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los
Angeles, and New York.
McSweeney’s
study
has involved interviews of hundreds of women in Little Rock,
Ohio, and North Carolina who have had heart attacks. She found
that women experienced numerous symptoms including unusual
fatigue, sleep disturbance, shortness of breath, indigestion,
and anxiety. McSweeney found that black women tend to report
more early warning signs and experience the symptoms more
frequently and more intensely.
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Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N.
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