Your Menopause, Your Heart

Your Menopause, Your Heart showcases menopause, American Heart Month in February and Wear Red Day on Friday, February 2. After menopause, our risk of heart disease can increase…

Cardiovascular Disease

What is cardiovascular disease (CVD)?

Depending on the Source (DotS), the definition of CVD may vary. In What Is Cardiovascular Disease? the World Heart Federation’s (WHF) definition is:

“Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that affect the heart or blood vessels (veins and arteries)”.

Heart Disease

What is heart disease (CVD)?

DotS, the definition of heart disease may vary. In What Is Cardiovascular Disease? What are the Different Types of Cardiovascular Disease? Heart Disease the WHF’s definition is:

“Coronary heart disease, sometimes called coronary artery disease or ischemic heart disease, is the most common type of heart disease. It refers to heart problems caused by narrowed coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. For some people, the first sign of coronary heart disease is a heart attack”.

No 1 Killer of Women

Is CVD the No 1 killer of women?

According to the American Heart Association’s, Go Red for Women:

“Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women”.

Breast Cancer

Your Menopause, Your HeartCan CVD kill more women than breast cancer?

In Women & CVD the WHF note:

“13x as many women die of CVD than of breast cancer”.

Menopause

What CVD risk factors should every woman know about?

In Menopause and Cardiovascular Disease: Does Menopause Increase A Woman’s Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke? the Go Red for Women elaborate on:

Your Menopause, Your Heart“Cardiovascular risk factors that every woman should know about include:

  • Age at the time of menopause. Women who reach menopause before age 45 have a significantly higher risk of coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease results from plaque buildup in the arteries
  • Estrogen. Levels of estrogen, which helps keep blood vessels relaxed and open, start to decline markedly as menopause approaches. With less estrogen, cholesterol may begin to build up on artery walls. A buildup in vessels leading to the heart or brain can increase the risk of heart disease or stroke.
  • Hot flashes and night sweats. Hot flashes and night sweats are the most common menopause-related symptoms and can last up to 10 years. They also are associated with worse cardiovascular disease risk factor levels.
  • Depression and sleep problems. In some studies, depression and sleep disturbances were linked to an increased risk of heart disease.
  • Increased visceral fat…
  • Cholesterol levels and metabolic syndrome risk…

Know Your Numbers

Your Menopause, Your HeartWhat numbers do women (and men) we need to know?

In Know Your Numbers They Could Just Save Your Life the Go Red for Women explain:

“You can’t manage what you don’t measure, which is why knowing your risk is critical to preventing cardiovascular disease. And knowing your risk starts with knowing your numbers.

Talk to your healthcare provider today to learn about your Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Blood Sugar and BMI (Body Mass Index). Your heart depends on it”.

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  1. Ask Early Menopause.org
  2. Cardiac Arrest
  3. Cholesterol: Fact versus Fiction
  4. Coronary Heart Disease: What Is Coronary Heart Disease?
  5. Doing These 8 Things May Greatly Lower Risk for Heart Disease and Stroke
  6. Don’t Buy Into Dietary Supplements for Heart Health
  7. Downloadable Recipe Collections From Heart Foundation [Australia]
  8. February Is American Heart Month
  9. Go Red for Women
  10. Guidance on Menopausal Hormone Therapy
  11. Heart Attack Symptoms In Women Are Often Different Than Men
  12. Heart Health After Menopause
  13. High Blood Pressure
  14. How Estrogen Supports Heart Health
  15. Know Your Numbers They Could Just Save Your Life
  16. Lifestyle Links To Heart Health Go Beyond Food, Exercise, Mayo Clinic Healthcare Expert Explains [06 February 2024]
  17. Life’s Essential 8
  18. Little By Little: Small Changes Can Lead To Heart Health, Mayo Clinic Expert Says
  19. Lower Your Risk for the Number 1 Killer of Women
  20. Mayo Clinic Minute: What Is Heart Disease? [+ Video Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network]
  21. Mayo Clinic Minute: What To Do for A Healthier Heart [+ Video]
  22. Menopause and Cardiovascular Risk
  23. Menopause and Women’s Health
  24. National Wear Red Day® and American Heart Month [American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women]
  25. Navigating Menopause: Expert Insights and Solutions | Dr Susan Davis | The Proof Podcast EP 245
  26. Sleep Problems Linked To Heart Health Risks During and After Menopause
  27. Symptoms That May Require A Consultation With A Cardiologist
  28. The Heart Truth®
  29. The Slowly Evolving Truth About Heart Disease and Women
  30. Video Series-2023: Menopause and Heart Disease
  31. Video Series-2023: Premature and Early Menopause
  32. Video: Leslie Cho, MD, Discusses CV Risks, Benefits of Menopausal Hormone Therapy
  33. What Is Cardiovascular Disease?
  34. Women & CVD
  35. Women and Heart Disease
  36. Videos & Podcasts: Videos – Interviews: Cardiovascular Disease In Women
  37. Webinars: Previous – Cardiovascular Disease
  38. Women and Heart Health
  39. World Menopause Day
    World Menopause Day 2023
  40. World Menopause Day: Patient Information Leaflet – Cardiovascular Disease: What Women Need To Know [Multiply Languages]

Last Updated: 14 February 2024 – Last Revised 28 January 2024
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Māori Women and Menopause

Māori Women and Menopause includes the infographics Maori: Menopause What Are the Symptoms? and Maori: What Is Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) and Is It Safe?

Maori: Menopause

Where may I find the Australasian Menopause Society’s (AMS) infographic Maori: Menopause What Are the Symptoms?

Your may find Maori: Menopause What Are the Symptoms? at:

Māori Women and Menopause

Maori: Menopausal Hormone Therapy

Where may I find the AMS’s infographic Maori: What Is Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) and Is It Safe?

Your may find Maori: What Is Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) and Is It Safe? at:

Māori Women and Menopause

NZ Doctors

Where may I find a list of New Zealand doctors “Who have a special interest in women’s health in midlife and menopause”?

Māori Women and MenopauseOn their website menopause.org.au in Find An AMS Doctor the AMS note:

  • “Who have a special interest in women’s health in midlife and menopause and the promotion of healthy ageing and
  • Have requested to be on this list”.

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  1. 8 Myths and Truths About Menopausal Hot Flashes
  2. ACOG Explains: Managing Menopause Symptoms [American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]
  3. Aotearoa New Zealand: Te Rautaki Māori me te Ara Whakamua
  4. Askearlymenopause.org [Ask EM] [+ Video: What Is Early Menopause?]
  5. Earlymenopause.org.nz [NZ Early Menopause Support Group]
  6. Find An AMS Doctor [Australian and New Zealand]
  7. Healthify.nz [Healthify He Puna Waiora]
  8. Healthify.nz [Healthify He Puna Waiora]: Menopause
  9. Hot Flashes: What Can I Do? [+ Video: What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Menopause?]
  10. I Forgot To Ask the Doctor – E9: The Menopause: Can Every Woman That Wants It Have HRT?
  11. Is Menopause Making Me Put on Weight? No, But It’s Complicated
  12. Later Years (Around 50 Years and Over): Menopause and Post Menopause Health – Menopause [+ Video: Menopause]
  13. Manatū Wāhine [Ministry for Women [New Zealand]
  14. Māori Health Topics
  15. Maori: Menopause What Are the Symptoms?
  16. Maori: What Is Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) and Is It Safe?
  17. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Perimenopause Transitions and Concerns
  18. Menopause
  19. Menopause Checklist Podcast
  20. Menopause Map: Downloadable Resources – My Personal Path Print Tools: Questions for Your Health Care Provider
  21. Menopause Map: Downloadable Resources – My Personal Path Print Tools: Symptom Tracker
  22. Menopause Preparedness Toolkit Video Series: Lifestyle Tips for Menopause Wellness
  23. Menopause Preparedness Toolkit Video Series: Understanding Menstrual Health and Menopause
  24. Menopause Preparedness Toolkit Video Series: What Is Menopause?
  25. Menopause Preparedness Toolkit: A Woman’s Empowerment Guide
  26. Māori Women and MenopauseMenopause Symptoms: Mayo Clinic Expert Outlines Hormone and Nonhormonal Therapies
  27. Menopause Treatments: What Works, What Doesn’t
  28. Menopause and Mental Health
  29. Menopause: Ensuring A Tranquil Transition
  30. Menopause: Things You Can Do
  31. Menopause: Understanding the Changes and Finding Relief | Dr Susan Davis | The Proof Podcast EP 256
  32. Mood and the Menopause
  33. More Women Leaving Their Jobs Due To Menopause, Study Reveals
  34. Mymenoplan.org
  35. Navigating Menopause: Expert Insights and Solutions | Dr Susan Davis | The Proof Podcast EP 245
  36. Perimenopause and Menopause Symptom Checklist
    Māori Women and Menopause
  37. Nonhormone Treatments for Hot Flashes and Night Sweats
  38. Pockety.org.nz
  39. Rongoa Māori
  40. Te reo Māori
  41. The Menopause Symptom Profile of Maori and Non-Maori Women In New Zealand [2009]
  42. The Silent Transition: Understanding the Impacts of Menopause In New Zealand Workplaces – A Report for Global Women
  43. The Truth About Menopause Supplements | Dr Sarah Berry
  44. Tips To Help Manage Menopause Symptoms
  45. Using Natural Therapies In the Menopause Transition – Webinar
  46. Vaginal Dryness
  47. Video Series-2023: Menopause and Heart Disease
  48. Video Series-2023: NAMS 2023 Nonhormone Therapies Position Statement for Bothersome Menopause Symptoms
  49. Video Series-2023: Premature and Early Menopause
  50. Video Series-2024: Preparing for Your Menopause Health Care Visit
  51. Video Series-2023: Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Menopause Experience
  52. Videos and Podcasts: Videos – Interviews: A Simple Approach To Menopause: The Menopause Quick Six (www.MQ6.ca)
  53. Videos and Podcasts: Videos – Interviews: Menopause and Diabetes
  54. Webinars: Previous – Approach To Bone Health In the Perimenopause and Postmenopause?
  55. What Doctors Wish Patients Knew About Menopause
  56. What Is Menopause? [+ Video]
  57. Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me This? Episode 3: Dr Annice Mukherjee: Your Essential Menopause Toolkit
  58. World Menopause Day [18 October 2023]
    Māori Women and Menopause
  59. World Menopause Day: Patient Information Leaflet – Cardiovascular Disease: What Women Need To Know [Multiply Languages]
  60. You Need To Know [+ Video: Bleeding After the Menopause – An Important Message You Need To Know]

Last Updated: 15 February 2024 – Last Revised: 12 January 2024
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Early Menopause Stories

“‘Early menopause’ is when the final menstrual period occurs between 40 and 45 years”. Some women share their stories about how early menopause affected them.

Early Menopause and Premature Menopause

Is early menopause the same as premature menopause?Early Menopause StoriesEarly Menopause Stories

In Later Years (Around 50 Years and Over): Menopause and Post Menopause Health – Early and Premature Menopause the (Scottish) NHS Inform explain:

“Menopause before the age of 45 is called early menopause. Menopause before the age of 40 is called premature menopause”.

Support After Early Menopause Your Stories

What is the (Australian) Jean Hailes for Women’s Health (JH) ‘Your Stories’?

In Support After Early Menopause Your Stories the (Australian) JH elaborate on:

“‘Your Stories’ is a place for women to share their health stories with us, to help support and encourage other women to make their health a priority too. Here is Natalie’s story.

Natalie, Melbourne, Victoria

Only hours after she was told she would have to undergo a hysterectomy and forego all hope of ever getting pregnant, Natalie headed off to her friend’s baby shower.

She and her husband had been trying for 18 months to have a baby. The endometriosis that Natalie had been trying to manage since her teens derailed their dream and the subsequent hysterectomy sent her into early menopause in her early 40s…”.

Early Menopause: Women’s Experiences

What is Early Menopause: Women’s Experiences?

In Early Menopause: Women’s Experiences – Overview, Healthtalk Australia elaborate on:

Early Menopause: Experiences and Perspectives of Women and Health Practitioners“On this unique site you can read, watch and listen to stories of 30 women aged between 28 and 51 years, from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds living in Victoria, Australia, who have shared what it is like to experience early menopause (EM).

Women talked about being diagnosed with spontaneous early menopause, premature ovarian insufficiency (POI), medically-induced early menopause, or menopausal symptoms as a result of cancer and/or other medical treatments”.

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Health Care Provider

What if I think I have early menopause?

If you think you have early menopause, it may be in your best interest to choose to talk to your health care provider about this. Together you can discuss your options and if required, agree on who may be the most appropriate health care provider to help you.

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  1. Askearlymenopause.org [Ask EM] [+ Video: What Is Early Menopause?]
  2. BMS TV: Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI)
  3. Daisy Network [United Kingdom]
  4. Early Menopause
  5. Early Menopause – Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy
  6. Early Menopause: Women’s Experiences
  7. Early Menopause: Women’s Experiences – Resources and Information: Quick Links – 1. Question Prompt List
  8. Early Menopause: Women’s Experiences – Women’s Profiles
  9. Early and Premature Menopause [Video]
  10. Early or Premature Menopause
  11. Earlymenopause.org.nz [New Zealand Early Menopause Support Group]
  12. Find A Menopause Practitioner [United States and Other]
  13. Find An AMS Doctor [Australasian Menopause Society i.e. Australia and New Zealand]
  14. Find Your Nearest BMS Menopause Specialist [British Menopause Society]
  15. Later Years (Around 50 Years and Over): Menopause and Post Menopause Health – Early and Premature Menopause [+ Video: Menopause Only Happens In Your 50s]
  16. Menopause Before 40 and Spontaneous Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
  17. Menopause Mindfulness: Understanding the Many Paths To Menopause
  18. Premature and Early Menopause
  19. Support After Early Menopause [+ Video]
  20. Tips To Help Manage Menopause Symptoms
  21. Video Series-2023: Premature and Early Menopause
  22. Video Series-2024: Preparing for Your Menopause Health Care Visit
  23. Videos & Women’s Stories

Last Updated: 15 April 2024 – Last Revised: 06 January 2024
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Cervical Health Awareness Month 2024

Cervical Health Awareness Month 2024 is January in the United States and Cervical Cancer Prevention Week is 22 – 28 Jan 2024, in the United Kingdom.

Cervical Health Awareness Month

Cervical Health Awareness Month 2024What is the (United States) January is Cervical Health Awareness Month?

In Cervical Health Awareness Month: We Can Prevent Cervical Cancer the (United States) National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) elaborate on:

“Each year, more than 13,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the United States. Yet cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers today. In most cases cervical cancer can be prevented through early detection and treatment of abnormal cell changes that occur in the cervix years before cervical cancer develops”.

Cervical Health Awareness Month 2024Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

What is the (United Kingdom) Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 22 – 28 Jan 2024?

In Cervical Cancer Prevention Week the Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust elaborate on:

“Every day in the UK, 2 women lose their lives to cervical cancer and 9 more receive a life-changing diagnosis”.

Menopause

Is there an association between menopause and cervical cancer?

In Cervical Cancer: About Cervical Cancer – Key Statistics for Cervical Cancer, last revised 12 January 2023, the American Cancer Society note:

“Cervical cancer is most frequently diagnosed in women between the ages of 35 and 44 with the average age at diagnosis being 50. It rarely develops in women younger than 20. Many older women do not realize that the risk of developing cervical cancer is still present as they age. More than 20% of cases of cervical cancer are found in women over 65. However, these cancers rarely occur in women who have been getting regular tests to screen for cervical cancer before they were 65”.

Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines

Can different Countries have different cervical cancer screening guidelines?

Yes, different Countries can have different cervical cancer screening guidelines, so it can be in your best interest to choose to check what’s what for you.

Cervical Screening Appointment Month

Make January your “Cervical Screening Appointment Month”.

Book your cervical screening appointment now, so you can tick this off your 2024 to-do list.


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  1. 4 Ways To Reduce Risks of Cervical Cancer
  2. About Ovarian Cancer: Five Facts of Ovarian CancerCervical Cancer
  3. Cervical Cancer
  4. Cervical Cancer
  5. Cervical Cancer
  6. Cervical Cancer Cervical Health Awareness Month 2024
  7. Cervical Cancer Awareness [+ Video]
  8. Cervical Cancer Overview
  9. Cervical Cancer Prevention Week [22 – 28 Jan 2024, United Kingdom]
  10. Cervical Cancer Screening – Multiply Languages
  11. Cervical Cancer Screening: Pap and HPV Tests
  12. Cervical Cancer Screening—An Interactive Journey
  13. Cervical Cancer [+ Video Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network]
  14. Cervical Cancer and HPV — What’s the Connection?
  15. Cervical Cancer: Risk Factors – What Are the Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer? Lack of Regular Cervical Screening Tests
  16. Cervical Health Awareness Month [United States]
  17. Cervical Screening (Smear Test)
  18. Consumer Health: Cervical Cancer and HPV — What’s the Connection?
  19. Facts and Tips for Cervical Screening: Tips for A Cervical Screening Appointment
  20. Gynecologic Cancers: Resources To Share – Videos: “Under the Paper Gown”: A Comedy Web Series
  21. Human Papillomavirus (HPV): HPV Infection
  22. Info for the Transgender, Non-Binary and Intersex Communities
  23. Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust [United Kingdom]
  24. Mayo Clinic Minute: Cervical Cancer Screening [+ Video]
  25. Mayo Clinic Minute: Screening for Cervical Cancer [+ Video]
  26. Mayo Clinic Minute: Why Black Women Need To Be Screened for Cervical Cancer [+ Video]
  27. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Cervical Cancer and HPV Screening
  28. National Cervical Cancer Coalition
    Cervical Health Awareness Month 2024
  29. Pap Smear
  30. Prevent Cervical Cancer
  31. Tips for Tracking Your Bleeding
  32. Toolkit for Reducing Cervical Cancer Risk
  33. You Need To Know [+ Video: Bleeding After the Menopause – An Important Message You Need To Know]

Last Updated: 26 January 2024 – Last Revised: 12 December 2023
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