Menopause, heart disease and death: What is the connection?
Printer-friendly versionWhat is the relationship between heart disease, stroke and menopause? Does reaching menopause really mean you have one foot in the grave?
Read our thought-provoking new article in Network by Laura Wershler questioning the message of the recent fundraising campaign by the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The “Make Death Wait” campaign ads strongly suggest that menopause makes women more vulnerable to heart disease and stroke. But is it true?
Read about it in Death loves Menopause.
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