{
  "id": 19447202,
  "title": "Study reveals gaps in women's heart health care in New Zealand",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/study-reveals-gaps-in-womens-heart-health-care-in-new-zealand",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-11T04:40:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-reveals-gaps-women-heart-health.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A comprehensive 25-year review of New Zealand research has unveiled significant gaps in women's heart health care, emphasizing the need for improved diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. Co-led by Dr. Kylie Short from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC), the systematic review found that just 26% of studies focused specifically on differences between women and men in cardiovascular research.\n\nThe accompanying viewpoint article calls for a greater consideration of sex and gender differences in cardiovascular research to strengthen the evidence informing women's health care. Dr. Short, a UC senior lecturer in health sciences, highlights that women have historically been under-researched, underdiagnosed, and undertreated, leading to poorer health outcomes. She notes that heart disease has been historically perceived as a men's disease, resulting in inadequate representation of women in research and international guidelines not fully addressing women's needs.\n\nOne of the most concerning findings is that Māori and Pacific women experience even more severe health outcomes and longer-term impacts of cardiovascular disease. The review stresses the importance of culturally sensitive, gender-specific research to address these disparities and improve women's health. Dr. Short emphasizes that the solution requires a collaborative approach involving researchers, clinicians, and women working together to tackle the issue. She stresses that improving women's heart health outcomes will benefit families, communities, and the health system as a whole.",
  "summary": "A review of 25 years of New Zealand research has revealed significant gaps in women's heart health care, highlighting opportunities to improve diagnosis, treatment and outcomes. Published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, the systematic review, co-led by Dr. Kylie Short of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC), identified a significant gender data gap, with just 26% of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}