Bernadine P. Healy Dies at 67; Pioneer at National Institutes of Health

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 02:00 in Health & Medicine

Dr. Healy, the first woman to run the National Institutes of Health, helped overturn assumptions that heart disease was mainly just a male problem.

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