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• a  prior to menopause

• Researchers have known for some time that alcohol consumption can increase a premenopausal woman's risk of someday developing breast cancer.
• Researchers have known for some time that alcohol consumption can increase a premenopausal woman's risk of someday developing breast cancer.
• But the common belief that premenopausal women are immune to heart problems is just plain wrong.

News & Articles

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• Distinctive brain blood flow patterns associated with sexual dysfunction
  Premenopausal women who aren't interested in sex and are unhappy about this reality have distinctive blood flow patterns in their brains in response to explicit videos compared to women with normal sexual function, researchers report.
  July 16, 2013 - Science Daily

Quotes

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• Samuel Johnson in EurekAlert (press release)
  Dr. Johnson concludes, "this analysis of breast cancer risk finds that studies with comprehensive passive exposure assessment suggest that both passive and active smoking are risk factors for premenopausal breast cancer."