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Heart Disease Kills More Women than All the Forms of Cancer Combined

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BUY THE BOOK! The Healing Power of Resistance by Dr. Tara Narula https://amzn.to/4h1TDu1

Heart disease is the number one killer of women in America. One of the country’s leading cardiologists is ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Tara Narula who, earlier this year, released her New York Times bestselling book The Healing Power of Resilience: A New Prescription for Health and Well-Being. Oprah and Dr. Narula discuss the hidden warning signs of heart disease and how you can take better care of your cardiovascular health. Dr. Narula also explains how your connection to faith, purpose and hope can help you live a more meaningful life and beat the odds of heart disease. We also hear from a young woman in her thirties currently living with heart failure, another woman who used GLP-1s with great results towards her cardiovascular health and a patient who says Dr. Narula saved her life.

00:00:00 Welcome Dr. Narula, author of “The Healing Power of Resilience" 00:05:20 - Stats of women’s heart health 00:11:20 - Cardiovascular disease is happening to women younger and younger 00:16:30 - Stress, women and heart health 00:24:10 - 60% of Black women live with cardiovascular disease 00:25:50 - social determinants of health 00:29:15 - Heart benefits of GLP-1s 00:32:20 - Menopause and heart health 00:37:00 - High blood pressure and heart health 00:39:20 - Faith, purpose and your health 00:42:40 - Life’s essential 8 checklist

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