Season 3, Episode 11: Broken Hearted Girl

The innumerable songs of heartache by female artists that top the R&B, Rock and Country music charts tell of the emotional heartbreak of lost love. But the literal, physical broken heart is a profoundly underappreciated aspect of women’s health.  Heart disease is the number one cause of death for women in the U.S., more lethal than all forms of cancer combined. By 2050, heart disease will affect more than 22 million women with nearly a third between the ages 22 to 44. On this episode, we discuss women’s heart health from pregnancy through old age.