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Article: Low estrogen linked to increased risk of CAD in premenopausal women.(coronary artery disease)
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- February 27, 2003
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2003 FEB 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Coronary artery disease (CAD) in young women appears to be related to estrogen deficiency, and there may be a link to psychosocial stress, according to new findings from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
The findings are based on an analysis of statistics compiled from a major ongoing investigation of heart disease in women that is led by cardiac researchers at Cedars-Sinai.
"Although coronary artery disease is the leading killer of premenopausal women, taking even more lives than breast cancer does, most studies have focused on heart disease in older women. Our findings demonstrate for the first time that young ...