Ask the Doctor: Is taking an aspirin every day good for my heart health?

We posed this question to Madeline Mahowald, MD, a University of Florida assistant professor of medicine and a board-certified interventional cardiologist at…

Heart Disease in Women – An Unfortunate Foe

There are several heart conditions that can affect women. It’s helpful to understand these, along with the occurrences and risks leading up to them. 

UF Health cardiologist among national leaders on cholesterol awareness

April 14, 2015

Gladys Velarde, MD, an associate professor of medicine in the cardiology division at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, is part of…

Women’s hearts really are more sensitive

March 9, 2015

It sounds like a stereotype when someone says women’s hearts are more sensitive than men’s, but science is proving it’s true. “Our biology and gender have…