What doctors want women to know about menopause and heart health
Medical Xpress carries an American Heart Association awareness piece, with The Menopause Society, for Menopause Awareness Month. It notes menopause does not cause cardiovascular disease, but risk factors often shift in midlife; approximately 90% of women have at least one heart risk factor by menopause. It cites a study of more than 83,000 women ages 50–79 estimating 1 in 4 may develop atrial fibrillation after menopause.
Why it matters: Relevant to Maryland women approaching or going through menopause, and to the OB-GYN, cardiology and primary care clinicians who see them.
A summary of another publisher's reporting, written with AI and checked automatically against the story. The reporting belongs to medicalxpress.com. October 13, 2026.
