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Day 13: Women's Heart Health - Unique Risks

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Doctor Warrick

6 Oct. 2025

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Welcome to the Younger Longer 14-Day Cholesterol Challenge. My name is Dr. Warrick Bishop. I'm a preventative cardiologist and I'm super excited that you're looking to look after your cholesterol. It is one of the most important and really one of the simplest things you can look after to look after your heart for the rest of your life.

During this 14-Day Challenge, I'm going to share with you a whole lot of stuff. Every day, a video, some resources, a challenge or a task for you to complete and a fun fact. Stay tuned, your cholesterol is super important. Let me explain to you how, what you're going to do about it and how you're going to look after yourself for the years ahead!

Why Listen?

Get practical tips and science-backed advice you can apply immediately.
Learn from real-world examples and medical expertise.
Gain daily challenges to help you stay engaged and track progress.
Take charge of your heart health in a simple, effective, and engaging way.

Takeaways:

Why women are often underdiagnosed and undertreated
Cholesterol and hormones
Recognising female-specific warning signs
Fun Fact: More women die from heart disease than all cancers combined.
Daily Task: Share today’s insight with a female friend or relative.
Resource: https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/45/2/79/7243236?utm_source=chatgpt.com&login=false

Transcript:

Are You at Risk of a Sudden Heart Attack? How Healthy is Your Heart? Really?

Heart disease is the #1 killer in the Western World. In Australia, someone dies every 28 minutes from heart disease. That’s 51 people a day. In the US, someone has a heart attack every 40 SECONDS! Fortunately, many heart attacks are preventable. However, regular exercise and eating healthy are no guarantee you won’t succumb to this silent killer.

94% of Australians have at least One Risk Factor for heart disease.
59% of Australians have been Touched by heart disease.
Yet only 3% of Australians have had a Full Heart-Health Assessment in the past 12 months.

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Transcript English

**Episode Title: "Day 13: Women's Heart Health - Unique Risks"** **Host:** Hi and welcome to day 13. We're talking about women and cardiovascular disease. Historically, we haven't spoken about women as much when it comes to cardiovascular disease. Over the last few decades, particularly around the 40s and 50s, there was really an impulse to start to learn more about coronary artery disease. It was men in their mid-40s to early 50s who were really driving the awareness. It was Dwight Eisenhower, in fact, having an event that kicked off a whole cavalcade of further research. So, we started thinking about men because their lives were being taken early. We know that women tend to follow men by about 10 years when it comes to cardiovascular disease. Interestingly, it's the reverse with osteoporosis; men tend to follow women by about 10 years, and again, that's just genetic. The important thing, though, is as our population ages, this means that women, who historically we haven't thought about as being the targets of cardiac disease, are starting to catch up. This is super important. Women do have raised cholesterols, women can have high blood pressure, and bad family history. It's really important to understand that women can benefit from having a calcium score done as well and being identified. We also know that women sometimes have slightly different symptoms compared to men; they're not as dramatic in the chest pain that they report. A really important fact is that coronary artery disease kills more women than all cancers combined numerically. This is staggering, and it really is important that we shout this out and become aware of it. So, don't neglect the fairer sex when it comes to cardiovascular disease. Don't ignore your cholesterol if you're female. Get it checked out. Deal with the things we've talked about through this challenge and make sure you're not one of those statistics. I'm wrapping up tomorrow. Thank you so much for hanging in this long. I hope you live as well as possible for as long as possible. Take care and bye for now.