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Crucial Connection: Loneliness, Fasting Glucose, Menopause and Heart Health
Season 3 · Episode 48

Crucial Connection: Loneliness, Fasting Glucose, Menopause and Heart Health

Open Heart Surgery with Boots · Boots Knighton

April 30, 202423m 38s

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Show Notes

**Alert! The name of this podcast is changing on June 4th to Open Heart Surgery with Boots! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss the announcement. Be sure to subscribe to the newsletter!**

Boots brings you heart news that caught her eye for the month of April in a new monthly segment! Let Boots know what you want to hear more of or less of by sending her an email [email protected]

Risk of heart disease rises sharply in women after menopause, study - Times of India (indiatimes.com)

Artificial intelligence shows that social isolation impacts cardiovascular age and mortality rate - Mayo Clinic

4-year-old who received new heart after waiting 1,025 days goes home from hospital - ABC News

Research uncovers hidden link between heart attacks and cancer - ISRAEL21c

Blake Hospital performs first minimally invasive mitral valve repair (mysuncoast.com)

Longitudinal blood glucose level and increased silent myocardial infarction: a pooled analysis of four cohort studies | Cardiovascular Diabetology | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)

Boots Knighton says her greatest teacher has been her heart thanks to a surprise diagnosis in 2020 (during the pandemic) of three different congenital heart defects. She is now thriving after her 2nd open-heart surgery on November, 2025 and is on a mission to raise awareness through her podcast, Open Heart Surgery with Boots, that heart surgery can be an incredible opportunity to begin again in life and live life wide open.


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**I am not a doctor and this is not medical advice. Be sure to check in with your care team about all the next right steps for you and your heart.**

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