NU Medicine study reveals early menopause linked to significantly higher heart disease risk

NU Medicine study reveals early menopause linked to significantly higher heart disease risk

Priya Freaney, assistant professor of medicine in the division of cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, was the study lead author and is also is director of the Women’s Heart Care Program at Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. Credit: Northwestern Medicine Women who go through menopause before age 40 face about 40% greater lifetime odds of developing coronary heart disease compared to those who expe…