UCLA Health's Healthy Years (HY)
Volume 22 • Number 2 • February 2025
Biological, hormonal, and physiological differences contribute to how heart disease presents, progresses, and responds to treatment in men and women. Symptoms can vary by sex, too. Knowing these distinctions can improve diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes, particularly as we get older, when heart disease risk increases. The Role of Age and …
Issue Highlights
Mitral valve regurgitation (MR) is the most common heart valve disease in the United States, affecting about 4 million people. …
Preparing healthy meals at home doesn’t require a master’s degree from culinary school. But it does involve some forethought, a …
Taking care of your heart is vitally important. Heart disease is a major source of chronic illness and ranks as …
With more than 2.5 million Americans visiting the doctor for this malady annually, constipation is the most common digestive complaint. …
Barbara is a 78-year-old woman living alone. Physically strong and independent, she takes great pride in tending her garden and …
