Augusta University: Why Young Females With Obesity Are at Early Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
September 12, 2019
September 12, 2019
AUGUSTA, Georgia, Sept. 12 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Augusta University issued the following news release:
In the face of obesity, the sex hormone progesterone that helps females get and stay pregnant appears to also put them at increased, early risk for cardiovascular disease, investigators report.
Premenopausal women are considered protected from cardiovascular disease, but evidence indicates obesity can negate those benefits, and in fact puts them at even higher risk t . . .
In the face of obesity, the sex hormone progesterone that helps females get and stay pregnant appears to also put them at increased, early risk for cardiovascular disease, investigators report.
Premenopausal women are considered protected from cardiovascular disease, but evidence indicates obesity can negate those benefits, and in fact puts them at even higher risk t . . .