Blood tests allow 30-year estimates of women's cardio risks, new study says

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Women’s heart disease risks and their need to start taking preventive medications should be evaluated when they are in their 30s rather than well after menopause as is now the practice, said researchers who published a study on Saturday.

Current guidelines “suggest to physicians that women should generally not be considered for preventive therapies until their 60s and 70s.

These new data… clearly demonstrate that our guidelines need to change,” Ridker said.“We must move beyond discussions of 5 or 10 year risk".

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