{"id":45735,"date":"2026-02-18T15:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/why-more-women-in-their-20s-30s-face-heart-risk-pregnancy-menopause-sleep-explained\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:37:35","slug":"why-more-women-in-their-20s-30s-face-heart-risk-pregnancy-menopause-sleep-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/why-more-women-in-their-20s-30s-face-heart-risk-pregnancy-menopause-sleep-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Why More Women in Their 20s &#038; 30s Face Heart Risk (Pregnancy, Menopause &#038; Sleep Explained)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UhFHl-oUrNQ?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>This Heart Month episode features emergency physician Dr. Alison McGregor on why heart disease is rising in younger women and how women\u2019s heart risks and symptoms can differ from men\u2019s due to biology, hormones, and research gaps. <\/p>\n<p>00:10 | Women\u2019s biology differs \u201cto the cellular level\u201d; hormone impacts<br \/>\n01:22 | Heart disease #1 killer of women; awareness &#038; self-advocacy<br \/>\n02:12 | Research gap: women historically underrepresented in studies<br \/>\n03:17 | Prevention: know sex-specific risks; precision-based care<br \/>\n04:55 | Hormones, pregnancy, menopause &#038; cardiovascular effects<br \/>\n06:05 | Pregnancy complications (gestational diabetes, HTN) as future risk signals<br \/>\n07:45 | Medication metabolism varies across menstrual cycle; dosing\/side effects<br \/>\n08:22 | Bloodwork vs. transient hormone levels; future wearables\/sensors<br \/>\n10:19 | Wearables (Oura) + data accuracy; women\u2019s health innovation funding<br \/>\n11:37 | Clinical trials: low female inclusion; AHA matching\/repository idea<br \/>\n13:18 | Women\u2019s heart attack patterns\/symptoms; SCAD\/microvascular disease<br \/>\n16:05 | CPR gap for women; hands-only CPR; training on female models<br \/>\n18:55 | Sleep, inflammation, caregiver burden; melatonin study nuance<br \/>\n24:24 | Chronic stress, inflammation &#038; lifestyle risks<br \/>\n26:18 | Saturated vs unsaturated fat; sex differences in fat storage\/metabolism<br \/>\n30:26 | Caffeine: coffee vs unregulated energy drinks\/ingredients<br \/>\n33:02 | Exercise zones: avoid extremes; mix strength, cardio, mobility<br \/>\n36:15 | Empowered health: use personal data + physicians as consultants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Heart Month episode features emergency physician Dr. Alison McGregor on why heart disease is rising in younger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":45736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}