Topic: C. Noel Bairey Merz

U.S. researchers say they may have discovered why women who go to emergency rooms with chest pain are often are told their arteries and hearts are fine.

Women with chest pain but no coronary artery disease are at an elevated risk for cardiovascular events such as heart attack or stroke, U.S. researchers said.

Women who transition more quickly through menopause are at increased risk for a higher rate of "preclinical atherosclerosis," U.S. researchers said.

Researchers say the ischemic heart disease, which kills more U.S. women than men, is very different from the disease typically found in men.

Physical activity is a better predictor of heart disease than obesity, a mom-to-be's diet is linked to leukemia risk, and other stories of modern health.

Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery works well for most colon cancers, Britain is the first country to allow cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to be sold over the counter, and other news of modern health.

Yo-yo dieting may increase the risk of heart problems in postmenopausal women; lack of exercise spells trouble for older heart, and other news of modern health.

A group of widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins were found not to interfere with a woman's reproductive hormone levels or her fertility, a new

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