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Things we need to talk about: Thank you HuffPost and Krissy Brady for allowing me to contribute to this important piece.

The Perimenopause Symptom We Don't Talk About Nearly Enough Forget hot flashes and period changes. This one overarching issue is the real menace when dealing with perimenopause.

The people and places that affect our and burden us with , exist even in spaces veiled in order, organizational progressiveness, and the promise of equity. Dana Brownlee writes in about the studied experience of Black women in corporate America.

Black Women Leaders Are More Ambitious But Less Supported At Work, McKinsey And Lean In Study Finds As is often the case, when European-American women experience challenge, Black women face a tsunami, and this latest report predictably finds what many Black women have known all along—corporate America isn’t designed to champion our success.

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Be attuned to the silent cries for assistance. It may be your voice to which you do not attend. Or, it may be the tears made invisible, shrouded by stoicism and hopelessness. Get help: National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-SAFE https://www.thehotline.org

: Zoom Out, Consider the Bigger Picture

Ninety percent of cases are a result of chance and choices.

Things to consider that could lower your risk:
• Being overweight or obese after menopause increases the risk of breast cancer
• Many studies conducted over the past 20 years have shown consistently that an increase in physical activity is linked to a lower breast cancer risk.
• Smoking was associated with a modest but significantly increased risk of breast cancer, particularly among women who started smoking at adolescent, or around the time that regular menstruation began (peri-menarcheal)
• Major depression appears to increase the hazard for cancer, particularly in the case of breast cancer among women.
• Moderate alcohol consumption -- 15-30 grams/day of alcohol consumption (about 1-2 drinks/day) --has been linked to an approximate 30-50% increased risk in breast cancer

Honored to be a voice in for FORBESWOMEN about cardiovascular health in women!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marijabutkovic/2022/09/30/whats-next-for-female-cardiovascular-health-4-industry-experts-weigh-in/?sh=2a62b33075e0

What’s Next For Female Cardiovascular Health? 4 Industry Experts Weigh In In this article, four industry experts that have committed their careers to improving healthcare outcomes for women in the cardiovascular space, are sharing their stories and predictions on what the future of female cardiovascular health could look like.