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• Virginia Tech Scientists Link Post-Menopausal Heart Disease Risk to Estrogen-Driven Epigenetic Gene Regulation

  Published: Apr 28, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  Research from the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute reveals that the sharp rise in cardiovascular disease after menopause is driven by changes in how genes are turned on and off...

• Neuroscience Review Identifies Menopause as Critical Window for Sex-Specific Alzheimer’s Prevention

  Published: Mar 19, 2026

  Section: Health

  A comprehensive review by neuroscientist Dr. Lisa Mosconi reveals that the transition to menopause may be a "biological tipping point" for Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk in women. B...

• Northwestern Study Finds Premature Menopause Increases Lifetime Heart Disease Risk by 40 Percent with Disproportionate Impact on Black Women

  Published: Mar 19, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  A comprehensive study of over 10,000 women published in JAMA Cardiology reveals that experiencing menopause before age 40 correlates with a nearly 40% higher lifetime risk of coron...

• Mathematical modeling reveals estrogen’s role in vasodilation as primary defense against hypertension in women

  Published: Mar 4, 2026

  Section: Health

  University of Waterloo researchers have identified the specific mechanism by which estrogen protects premenopausal women from high blood pressure. Using a sophisticated mathematica...