This question comes from Latasha Herd Madden, and her question says, "Why is heart disease still the leading cause of death in women, and what misconceptions continue to put women at risk?" Such an excellent question. And back to my, sister Latasha, you, you know It's still- It's been the leading cause of death since the last pandemic back in 1918, the black pl- the, the, influenza outbreak. Why is that? When you look at, heart attack, things like that, the, the way we eat and live, you think about health equity and social determinants of health, right? You- We're still talking about that 100 years later.

We've made progress, but when you start talking about social determinants of health, health equity, that's really the reason. It's when you talk about health equity, it's where you eat, live, pray, breathe. Those are all the things that impact cardiovascular disease. So that's why it's still the number one cause of death in this country. We also don't have enough- Around the world, actually. Around the world, actually. And I know she specifically mentioned, women, and, and Doctor, you know, Dr. Robinson and, and Lightfoot and Silva, you can, you can chime in, but I, I know that women don't have the a- atypical symptoms as, as men.

And so I know, for me, you know, I was expecting, you know, a huge collapse of, you know, what you see on TV, a man, you know, screaming and hollering, and my symptoms were nothing like that. You know, they were very mild. My chest pain was very light.

Mm-hmm. And so just really understanding what the signs of a heart attack are when it comes to, to women, because I know so many women that reach out to me and say, "Well, you know, it was just that I was tired, and, you know, I decided to go to the hospital, and I found out that I was, you know, I was having a heart attack." So, you know, I agree with everything. But I, I know she specifically ment- mentioned women, and I know that our symptoms are, are, are so much different, and I think that's what delayed my, delayed me going to the hospital. within those two weeks, I was, I was having my heart attack.

And the, the leading cause, I mean, are some of those things I just mentioned. But when we talk about acknowledgement and understanding, yes, women, in particular women that are diabetic, the symptoms, you just know your body. If it's something different, certainly go get it checked out.