Early Menopause Boosts Heart Disease Risk: Study

(Reuters) UPDATED 2010-06-21

According to a new study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, women who go through menopause before age 46 may have more than twice the risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular event. Scientists say this risk was the same even when these women took hormone replacement therapy, which are often prescribed to prevent heart disease. Read full story >

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Early Menopause Boosts Heart Disease Risk: Study

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