The silent alarm: Common uterine growths linked to dramatic spike in women’s heart attack risk A landmark study found women with fibroids have an 81% higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease over the next decade, with the risk for women under 40 being 3.5 times higher. Both conditions share underlying pathways involving inflammation, fibrosis and metabolic dysfunction. Fibroids act as a source of chronic inflammation that damages blood vessels. The medical system’s compartmentalization has prevented doctors from connecting gynecological health to cardiovascular risk, leaving this major threat to women’s long-term health unaddressed. Those diagnosed before age 40, a group typically…

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