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Menopause
Perimenopause is reported to be a time of increased vulnerability to chronic disease
December 29th, 2005
Research in monkeys suggests that the perimenopause - the 5 to 10 years before a woman's menopause - is a critical time for preventing heart disease and osteoporosis. "Research in animals suggests that the five years before menopause are when bone is lost and when heart vessel disease begins to accelerate," according to Jay Kaplan, PhD, from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, who spoke today at the annual meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists in Boston. "Waiting until menopause is not the time to start thinking about prevention." Kaplan, a professor of comparative medicine, was invited to summarize his extensive...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-29)
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