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Staying healthy as a woman over age 40 starts with asking the right questions, doctors say. Females in this age group face new health challenges and can sometimes get lost in the shuffle of the traditional health care system, according to Dr. Alexa Fiffick, a family medicine physician and menopause practitioner at Concierge Medicine of Westlake in Cleveland, Ohio.
As menopause is often viewed as a "taboo topic," Fiffick — also a clinical fellow at Cleveland Clinic — is working to empower this group of women to take control of their health proactively. MAJOR HEALTH ORGANIZATION MAKES STARTLING HEART DISEASE PREDICTION: ‘NEAR-PERFECT STORM’ "To do that, they need to ask their doctors the right potentially life-saving questions," she said. In a conversation with Fox News Digital, Fiffick shared the top 9 questions women should be asking — along with her answers.
Dr. Alexa Fiffick, a family medicine physician and menopause practitioner at Concierge Medicine of Westlake in Cleveland, Ohio (left), revealed the most common questions she hears from her patients. (Dr.
Alexa Fiffick/iStock) 1. ‘Am I at risk for heart disease?’ Women have a 50% greater chance of having a misdiagnosed heart attack than men, data shows. It wasn’t until 2020 that the American Heart Association identified menopause as an individual risk factor for heart disease.
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