The Gut-Heart Health Connection 

The Gut-Heart Health Connection 

You may already be familiar with the gut-brain connection—the complicated two-way relationship between your gut and your mind. But did you know that there’s also a gut-heart connection? This pairing appears to be a one-way street: That is, the gut affects the heart,...
Women & Heart Health

Women & Heart Health

May is Women’s Health Month, so it’s a great time to talk about the ways that women’s health differs from men’s, including heart problems in women. For example, that women don’t always experience the “classic” signs of a heart attack? Or that heart disease is...
Mental Health in Men vs. Women

Mental Health in Men vs. Women

Historically, most mental health studies focused on men, as did most health studies in general. Depending on the era, women’s mental health was either overlooked altogether or chalked up to things like “hysteria.” But 21st-century research has consistently shown that...