Early Menopause Increases Heart Failure Risk, Especially For Smokers Researchers in Sweden, have found that women who go through menopause early — at ages 40 to 45 — have a higher rate of heart failure. It is the first large-scale (including more than 22,000 postmenopausal women) and long-term study linking early menopause and heart disease. …
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Take heart: Cardiovascular disease is the number-one killer of women in the United States. No, ladies, it’s not cancer. In fact, right now, more than one in three women have some form of cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association, and every 90 seconds, one of them suffers a heart attack, according to the …
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I am living proof that a heart-healthy lifestyle and the effective use of preventative medicines are as important as hereditary predispositions. Did you know that heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United States? In the United States, a woman suffers from a heart attack every 90 seconds; however, most of these heart attacks could be avoided if women made better heart healthy choices.
Does estrogen have a positive or negative effect on your risk of heart disease? Dr. Harman, MD, PhD, discusses a study that could tell us the truth.
