Own Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina Druz
Own your heart health — with clarity, confidence, and science that works. I’m Dr. Regina Druz, Cornell- and Duke-trained cardiologist and a national leader in holistic, root-cause cardiology. This channel cuts through outdated advice to bring you expert insights and actionable strategies to reverse and prevent heart disease — naturally and effectively. You’ll discover: How to lower blood pressure without confusion The truth about cholesterol, statins, and alternatives How metabolic health, hormones, sleep, and stress drive heart disease Lifestyle solutions that fuel longevity, vitality, and freedom from fear Through focused playlists and myth-busting content, you’ll gain the tools to: ✅ Understand your real risks ✅ Take control of your health journey ✅ Live longer, stronger, and better Subscribe today and join a community where your heart health — and your future — are the priority.
Episodes
Longevity is not a prize you earn from perfect labs or a stack of supplements. It is the set of choices that protect heart health and brain wellness at the same time, especially in a world that keeps your nervous system on alert. In this conversation, Dr. Regina Druz and Dr. Cynthia Libert outline an approach that does not rely on fear, trend chasing, or a one size fits all protocol.
If you feel fine on paper but not in your body...
Hormone replacement therapy and heart health is one of the most debated topics in women’s medicine, yet most women are still left sorting through outdated headlines and half-explained risks. If you have ever wondered whether the fear surrounding hormones still applies today, this episode of Own Your Heart Health will give you clarity based on current science and real clinical experience.
Dr. Regina Druz and Dr. Amy B. Killen brea...
If you have ever looked at your lab results and wondered what they really say about your heart risk, this episode of Own Your Heart Health is for you! What does my LDL mean for my actual heart attack risk? How low should my LDL be based on my personal biology rather than a population average?
Dr. Druz offers a clearer way to think about prevention by introducing Heartwell AI, a personalized tool designed to move beyond surface-l...
Menopause can quietly reshape risk for both heart disease and breast cancer.
Dr. Regina Druz shares how her own breast cancer diagnosis became a turning point that changed how she thinks about health and wellness, longevity, and prevention during midlife.
Drawing from personal experience and clinical work, Dr. Druz reframes menopause and health as a critical window for heart disease prevention and breast cancer awareness. She ...
Artificial intelligence is already shaping how people think about heart health, which raises an important question for cardiology: are clinicians ready to use AI in healthcare in ways that genuinely improve care?
Dr. Regina Druz is joined by Dr. Sanjeev Bhavnani for a conversation about digital health, medical technology, and the future of healthcare. Together, they look at AI as a present reality in clinical practice and explore...
What if calming your nervous system through emotional freedom techniques and meditation is the missing link between chronic illness, anxiety reduction, and lasting health transformation?
Dr. Regina Druz talks with Amy Stark, PhD, about how emotional freedom techniques, EFT, and meditation support emotional well-being and real healing at the nervous system level. Amy shares her personal journey of living with chronic illness and h...
Heart care becomes deeply human as Dr. Regina Druz and internist Dr. Sara Tariq talk about patient-centered care for people who carry heavy histories of adverse childhood experiences and chronic stress. They connect landmark ACE data with functional medicine and integrative medicine to explain how long-term stress shapes the heart, and they show how healthcare bias, rushed visits and poor doctor-patient communication can turn compl...
Alzheimer’s Disease begins years before symptoms show, and this conversation with Dr. Winnie Pak brings that hidden timeline into clear view. She and Dr. Regina Druz discuss how neuroscience now reveals early biological changes, how the heart-brain connection shapes long-term risk, and why understanding these processes sooner gives patients a real chance to protect their cognitive health.
Dr. Pak explains why tau offers a more ac...
Midlife can feel like an ending, but what if it’s actually the moment everything starts to make sense? What if the same body you’ve spent years trying to fix is the one that’s been carrying the wisdom you’ve needed all along?
Dr. Regina Druz sits down with Mindy Gorman-Plutzer, a certified health coach and functional nutrition practitioner, for a conversation about midlife transformation, women’s health, and the kind of freedom t...
Menopause changes more than hormones. It reshapes how the whole body works. In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz talks with gynecologist and certified menopause specialist Dr. Polly Watson about the deep links between hormone wellness and cardiovascular health. What really happens to the heart when estrogen levels start to shift? How early do those changes begin, and what can women do to protect themselves long before symptoms appear?
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Your DNA carries powerful clues about how to protect your heart and extend your life, and modern genetics now makes it possible to turn that knowledge into action.
Dr. Regina Druz sits down with Dr. Sharon Hausman-Cohen, the co-founder of IntellxxDNA, to discuss how breakthroughs in genetics, genomics, and epigenetics are redefining personalized medicine and reshaping the way we think about heart health and longevity. Dr. Hausman...
Exercise can be medicine for the heart, yet most of us still struggle to fit it into daily life. Dr. Regina Druz sits down with exercise physiologist Dr. Jim Walter to explore how movement shapes cardiovascular health and why small choices matter more than we think. He introduces “move more moments,” simple ways to counter a sedentary lifestyle and build habits that actually last. How much activity is enough to lower risk? Could sh...
Pocket-sized ECG devices and advances in AI in healthcare are opening new possibilities in cardiology and giving patients practical ways to stay on top of their heart health. What once required bulky machines in hospitals can now be done from home, shifting how care is experienced and how patients connect with their doctors.
In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz talks with Dr. David Albert, cardiologist, inventor, and founder of Alive...
What does it mean to be in a flow state? And why does it matter for both your health and your work? That question frames a wide-ranging conversation between Dr. Regina Druz and Dr. Lara Salyer that goes well beyond theory to ask how we can actually live and practice in ways that support creativity, resilience, and joy.
Dr. Salyer reflects on her own mindset shift from burnout in rural family practice to founding the Catalyst Stud...
Lipoprotein(a) might be one of the most important pieces of the heart health puzzle that most people have never heard about.
Dr. Regina Druz sits down with cardiologist and lipidology expert Dr. Guy Mintz to discuss why this particle deserves far more attention in cardiology. Lipoprotein(a) is often left out of standard cholesterol tests, yet it is linked to early heart attacks, strokes, valve disease, and aggressive atherosclero...
Most chronic diseases can’t be reversed until we address what’s happening in the gut, and Dr. Vivian Asamoah is here to explain why your microbiome is the missing link in true healing.
Joining Dr. Regina Druz, Dr. Asamoah shares how her journey from conventional gastroenterology to integrative and functional medicine began with a simple but powerful realization: prescriptions alone don’t solve chronic illness. Patients were tired...
Your dentist might be the first person to spot early signs of heart disease, and it might show up long before your cardiologist sees anything on a scan.
In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz sits down with her colleague, dentist Dr. Maria Sokolina, to talk about the oral systemic connection and why oral health should never be treated as separate from the rest of the body. They unpack how gum disease, gingivitis, and periodontal diseas...
Chronic symptoms don’t always need complex solutions, and your wellness journey doesn’t have to start with prescriptions.
Dr. Myrto Ashe joins Dr. Regina Druz to talk about how simple, cost-negative health interventions can spark powerful change. A leader in functional medicine and author of The Simple Science of Wellness, Dr. Ashe shares her personal health journey—from managing asthma and joint pain to helping her child through c...
Your heart can show signs of distress without a single symptom, and sometimes, the trigger isn’t physical at all.
Dr. Alan Rozanski, a pioneer in nuclear cardiology and now a thought leader in integrative care, joins Dr. Regina Druz to explore how emotional and behavioral patterns can directly influence heart health and vitality. He shares the turning point that led him from high-tech imaging to psychosomatic medicine: watching a...
Most doctors focus on LDL. But your lipidome holds the real clues to your cardiovascular risk. In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz introduces a tool she uses with patients called “cholesterol marbles,” a hands-on way to see cholesterol not as good vs. bad, but as a complex network of particles with very different roles.
What does it mean if your LDL is high? What’s the role of VLDL or small dense LDL? And why do some people with “g...
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