Dr. Molly Ware is a cardiologist at Boulder Heart, and she's used to being one of very few women in the room. Nineteen years ago, she was the first woman in her practice group, and when she asked to work part time after having her first child, no one had ever made that request before. This week she tells us what that negotiation taught her, and why the data suggests female doctors may actually get better patient outcomes.

Then we turn it into a virtual exam room. Molly takes rapid fire questions on the health topics we all wonder about and rarely ask out loud: whether wine is actually heart healthy, whether energy drinks deserve their bad reputation, why most people should be getting a lot more exercise than they think, and the genetic cholesterol test almost nobody has heard of but everyone should ask their doctor about.

Key Takeaways:

• Why the data suggests female physicians may get better patient outcomes, and what listening has to do with it

• What changed when Molly became the first woman in her practice to ask for part-time hours

• How to actually tell the difference between indigestion and a heart symptom worth taking seriously

• Whether wine is heart healthy, or whether we just wanted that to be true

• The genetic cholesterol test almost no one gets tested for, and why your family should know their numbers too

• Why "exercise is the best medicine" isn't just a saying, according to a cardiologist

  
  

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Follow Dr. Ware:

• Dr. Ware on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/molly-ware-32353734/

• Boulder Heart (Boulder Community Health): https://www.bch.org/our-services/cardiology/

  
  

Links & Mentions:

• OpenEvidence (AI medical search tool Molly referenced): https://www.openevidence.com/

  
  

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