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[CITE: 42USC285b-7a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
   Part C--Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes
 
          subpart 2--national heart, lung, and blood institute
 
Sec. 285b-7a. Heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular 
        diseases in women
        

(a) In general

    The Director of the Institute shall expand, intensify, and 
coordinate research and related activities of the Institute with respect 
to heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.

(b) Coordination with other institutes

    The Director of the Institute shall coordinate activities under 
subsection (a) of this section with similar activities conducted by the 
other national research institutes and agencies of the National 
Institutes of Health to the extent that such Institutes and agencies 
have responsibilities that are related to heart attack, stroke, and 
other cardiovascular diseases in women.

(c) Certain programs

    In carrying out subsection (a) of this section, the Director of the 
Institute shall conduct or support research to expand the understanding 
of the causes of, and to develop methods for preventing, cardiovascular 
diseases in women. Activities under such subsection shall include 
conducting and supporting the following:
        (1) Research to determine the reasons underlying the prevalence 
    of heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women, 
    including African-American women and other women who are members of 
    racial or ethnic minority groups.
        (2) Basic research concerning the etiology and causes of 
    cardiovascular diseases in women.
        (3) Epidemiological studies to address the frequency and natural 
    history of such diseases and the differences among men and women, 
    and among racial and ethnic groups, with respect to such diseases.
        (4) The development of safe, efficient, and cost-effective 
    diagnostic approaches to evaluating women with suspected ischemic 
    heart disease.
        (5) Clinical research for the development and evaluation of new 
    treatments for women, including rehabilitation.
        (6) Studies to gain a better understanding of methods of 
    preventing cardiovascular diseases in women, including applications 
    of effective methods for the control of blood pressure, lipids, and 
    obesity.
        (7) Information and education programs for patients and health 
    care providers on risk factors associated with heart attack, stroke, 
    and other cardiovascular diseases in women, and on the importance of 
    the prevention or control of such risk factors and timely referral 
    with appropriate diagnosis and treatment. Such programs shall 
    include information and education on health-related behaviors that 
    can improve such important risk factors as smoking, obesity, high 
    blood cholesterol, and lack of exercise.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 1999 through 2003. The authorization of appropriations established 
in the preceding sentence is in addition to any other authorization of 
appropriation that is available for such purpose.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 424A, as added Pub. L. 105-340, 
title I, Sec. 104, Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3192.)
