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Four Studies Explore Women’s Brain And Heart Health During Midlife
Midlife health may be an important determinant of cognitive and heart health later on in life.
Childhood-onset Depression and Arterial Stiffness in Young Adulthood
Researchers have found limited evidence of an association between a history of childhood-onset depression and young adulthood arterial stiffness.
Sexual Assault and Carotid Plaque Among Midlife Women
Sexual assault is a risk factor for poor mental health, yet its relationship to cardiovascular disease risk is not understood.
Menopause Transition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Implications for Timing of Early Prevention
Heart disease risk in women increases leading up to menopause; early intervention is key
Arterial Stiffness Accelerates Within 1 Year of the Final Menstrual Period: The SWAN Heart Study
Menopause may augment age-dependent increases in arterial stiffness.
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Burden During the Menopause Transition and Late Midlife Subclinical Vascular Disease: Does Race/Ethnicity Matter?
Emma Barinas‐Mitchell, PhD; Chunzhe Duan, PhD; Maria Brooks, PhD; Samar R. El Khoudary, PhD; Rebecca C. Thurston, PhD; Karen A. Matthews, PhD; Elizabeth A. Jackson, MD; Tené T. Lewis, PhD; Carol A. Derby, PhD Background – The extent to which cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors across the menopause explain racial/ethnic differences in subclinical vascular disease […]
Local Researchers Focusing on Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention
Alzheimer’s disease impacts nearly 6 million Americans.
Long-running study identifies modifiable dementia risk factor in older adults
For older adults, it may seem as though the die is already cast regarding their odds of developing dementia.
Five-year exposure to PM2.5 and ozone and subclinical atherosclerosis in late midlife women
Effects of more than one-year exposure to air pollution on atherosclerosis is seldom studied.
Cardiovascular fat in women at midlife: effects of race, overall adiposity, and central adiposity. The SWAN Cardiovascular Fat Study
Cardiovascular fat (CF) is associated with greater coronary heart disease (CHD) risk.
Flu Vaccine May Be Linked To Lower Death Risk For Patients With Heart Failure
Even healthy people are at risk, but those with heart failure should take particular note of today’s news.
Menopause is time for early prevention, leading researcher says
One in three women in the United States dies of heart disease.
Femoral Artery Atherosclerosis Is Associated With Physical Function Across the Spectrum of the Ankle Brachial Index – The San Diego Population Study
The ankle‐brachial index (ABI) is inadequate to detect early‐stage atherosclerotic disease, when interventions to prevent functional decline may be the most effective.
Increased Aortic Calcification Is Associated with Arterial Stiffness Progression in Multiethnic Middle-Aged Men
Arterial stiffness is established as an independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Lipid Changes Around the Final Menstrual Period Predict Carotid Subclinical Disease in Postmenopausal Women
Atherogenic changes in lipids occur among women around the time of the natural menopause, that is, within 1 year of the final menstrual period (FMP). We investigated whether lipid changes around the FMP are related to carotid intima-media thickness, interadventitial diameter, and plaque in postmenopausal women.