Menopause Changes Your Heart. Almost Nobody Tells You.

Every woman you know has been told to check her breasts. You know when your next mammogram is due. You have thought about breast cancer more than once this year. If you found a lump tomorrow, you would know exactly what to do, and so would your doctor. Almost no woman has been told that the menopause transition changes her heart. So answer this. What is your LDL cholesterol? What was your last blood pressure reading? Do you know whether your triglycerides have moved in the past three years, or whether the fat that has settled around your middle since your late forties has changed anything about your metabolic health? Most women cannot answer that. It is not a failure of attention. It is a failure of what we have been told to pay attention to. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death (...)

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