Cardiovascular Health News

For women experiencing disruptive, bothersome hot flashes, the use of menopausal hormone therapy — a one-time standard but later feared treatment option — is far from straightforward.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Elizabeth Ward, MS, RDN, and Hillary Wright, MEd, RDN, LDN, about women’s nutrition and exercise needs as they age.

Postpartum women with chronic hypertension have an increased risk for CVD within the first year after childbirth, according to study results published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Infertility history was associated with lower overall and biomedical cardiovascular health scores among women who had a singleton birth, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Statin therapy could lower the odds of blood clot formation conferred by hormone therapy in perimenopausal women, according to a case-control study published in JAMA Network Open.

PHILADELPHIA — Two common reproductive health conditions, dysmenorrhea and polycystic ovary syndrome, are associated with increasing CVD risk in women, according to research presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Preeclampsia was associated with a significantly increased venous thromboembolism risk during pregnancy and beyond 6 weeks postpartum, according to an observational cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Compared with men, women with prediabetes may benefit from earlier intervention to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a presenter at the World Congress Insulin Resistance Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease Conference.

Women with a history of infertility who use assisted reproductive technologies may have increased risk for CVDs, such as preeclampsia, stroke and heart failure, according to a presenter.

Women with metabolic syndrome are more likely to have increased risk for atherosclerotic changes than women without metabolic syndrome, regardless of whether they also have obesity, according to study findings published in Menopause.