Roeters van Lennep JE

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for more deaths in women than breast cancer, lung cancer and chronic lung disease combined, with a comparable mortality to that of men. Many women and physicians do not identify CVD as a major morbidity…

ObjectivesOver the past few decades, knowledge of women's health regarding sex and gender differences in health has increased but transfer of these new insights into medical education and clinical practice is lagging, resulting in substanda…

BackgroundPremenopausal risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) in women at high familial risk of ovarian cancer leads to immediate menopause. Although early natural menopause is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk, evi…