Our panel of health experts discusses the biggest health headlines of the month, including:
- Women under 55 are now more likely to die after a heart attack than men of the same age, as heart disease rises among younger women.
- Nonsmokers make up roughly 20% of all lung cancer cases, with lung cancer the leading cause of cancer death in American women.
- Millions of women and girls living with ADHD go undiagnosed into adulthood because research and diagnosis focuses primarily on boys with hyperactive behavior, while symptoms in women present more as distraction and disorganization.
- Inflammation has historically been considered a key driver of atherosclerosis and heart disease, but a clinical trial of an experimental drug that lowered inflammation for thousands did not reduce cardiovascular events or death.
- Singer-songwriter Carly Simon, 83, announces her first album in 18 years after revealing a debilitating Parkinson’s diagnosis.
- A new executive order calls for more research into the childhood vaccine schedule including whether vaccines should be spaced out.
Guests:
- Dr. Tina Ardon, practicing family physician at Mayo Clinic in Florida
- Dr. Jose Posas, practicing neurologist at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
- Dr. Matthew McKillop, medical director of clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Baptist Health in Jacksonville