Women Who Enter Menopause Early May Face Greater Risk For Heart Disease, Premature Death.

reports that investigators “looked at data on more than 310,000 women who had participated in a total of 33 studies published since the 1990s.” After “comparing women who had their last period before age 45 to those who entered menopause at age 45 or older, the” investigators “found women with earlier menopause had a 50 percent higher risk of coronary heart disease.” Additionally, “women who entered menopause early were...12 percent more likely to die of any cause while researchers were tracking them, compared to women who entered menopause later.” Estrogen lowers LDL and raises HDL. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-menopause-heart-death-idUSKCN11L2K2