Heart disease risk grows as women move through menopause

Women should be made aware that their cardiovascular health is likely to worsen as they go through menopause, according to researchers of the largest and longest running study of women’s health in midlife. Analysis from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) found that black women experience this accelerated decline earlier in menopause than their white counterparts. The study, led by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, will be published in the March issue of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, a journal of the American Heart Association. It add to growing evidence that menopause is