COVID-19 infection appears to cause women's blood vessels to age prematurely, potentially increasing their risk of heart disease , a new study says. Women infected with COVID-19 experienced about five additional years of blood vessel aging, even if they had a mild case, according to results published Aug. 17 in the European Heart Journal . If a woman landed in the intensive care unit with severe COVID, her blood vessels received up to 10 years of premature aging, results show. "We know that