Heart Disease

Carolyn Gretton

Perimenopause may be the heart warning women are missing

Most women don’t think about heart disease until after menopause. But new research suggests the warning signs may start earlier, providing a window of opportunity to catch rising heart risks before they take hold. Here’s what to watch for…

Carolyn Gretton

Help your gut head off this silent heart disease trigger

Your hard-working gut is involved in a lot more than digestion. It also plays a role in heart health. In fact, researchers have found a connection between the gut and an imbalance that could be silently raising your heart disease risk right now…

Carolyn Gretton

When sleep disorders double up to triple your heart disease risk

COMISA stands for comorbid insomnia and sleep apnea, two conditions that together substantially raise risks of hypertension and heart disease. Treating only one is like bailing water out of a boat without fixing the leak.

Joyce Hollman

Estrogen’s weird effect on heart disease in men with diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is known to impact a man’s testosterone levels. But it’s not the hormone that explains the reason heart disease risk in type 2 diabetes looks different in men and women…

Carolyn Gretton

Age-related decline inevitable? Study proves attitude plays big role

Wine and cheese get better with age. But people? The prospect of aging paints a very negative picture and begs the question, do our negative thoughts create a self-fulfilling prophecy? Yale found a significant connection…

Joyce Hollman

The early heart disease risk men face in their 30s

Heart disease develops gradually. In early stages, symptoms are often subtle or absent. By the time warning signs appear, significant plaque may already be present. That makes this early prevention window urgent…