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A landmark 2026 American Heart Association report projects that nearly 6 in 10 U.S. women will develop cardiovascular disease by 2050, with the sharpest increases expected among women aged 20 to 44. Fueled by rising obesity, diabetes, and hypertension — compounded by chronic stress, racial health disparities, and decades of medical underdiagnosis — the crisis represents what cardiologists are calling a generational wake-up call that demands urgent, systemic intervention.