A new standard for women’s heart health.
Too many women are never given a clear plan for prevention, risk, symptoms, labs, menopause, or what to ask their doctor. The Heart Standard is here to change that.
Heart disease is the leading health threat women are still not prepared for.
Built for women who want prevention before emergency.
Start with a free guide and a clear next step.
The Women’s Heart Health Guide
What to know, what to ask, and what not to ignore.
Women are told to listen to their bodies. Then too often, they are not listened to.
For too long, women’s heart health has been treated like a smaller version of men’s heart health.
But women’s symptoms can look different. Risk can change during perimenopause and menopause. Family history can matter. Labs and imaging can tell a deeper story when used appropriately. And too many women are still told they are “fine” without getting a real prevention conversation.
This is not about panic. It is about preparation.
Get the women’s heart health guide your doctor should have started with.
Not a textbook. Not a fear campaign. Not generic men’s cardio advice with “for women” added later.
Why women’s heart symptoms are often misunderstood
The midlife heart-health window: perimenopause and menopause
The numbers and risk markers worth discussing with your doctor
Calcium score, CCTA, cholesterol panels, and what they can tell you
A printable ‘Bring This to Your Doctor’ checklist
What actually moves the needle: blood pressure, movement, sleep, and metabolic health
Two physicians building the resource women should have had all along.
The Heart Standard is founded around one simple belief: women deserve earlier, clearer, more serious conversations about heart health.
Akhil Reddy, MD
Interventional cardiologist. Physician. Survivor.
Akhil spends his days in the cath lab seeing what happens when prevention fails. After a near-fatal biking accident, he experienced medicine from the other side as a patient and came away with a deeper sense of urgency around prevention, mortality, and helping people act before the emergency.
Tanya Luke Reddy, MD
Internal medicine physician. Advocate for women being heard.
Tanya has seen too many women walk into clinics with real symptoms, real risk, and real concerns, only to leave feeling dismissed or confused. She believes women deserve rigorous, evidence-based, preventive medicine that treats their symptoms, hormones, family history, and life stage as part of the heart-health conversation.
We are not building another wellness brand.
The Heart Standard exists to raise the bar for women’s heart health education. We believe women deserve clear explanations, prevention before emergency, better questions before dismissal, evidence over trends, community without fear, and doctors who take women’s symptoms seriously.
Then, every Sunday morning, we keep showing up.
After you read the guide, we would like to keep earning your trust. Every Sunday, you’ll get one clear, useful letter on women’s heart health, prevention, longevity, and living a long life with a strong heart.
Some weeks, we’ll explain a study in plain English.
Some weeks, we’ll answer a question women keep asking.
Some weeks, we’ll share a story from the clinic or cath lab.
Always practical. Always grounded. Always written for women.
This is for the woman who wants to act before the emergency.
You are in your 40s, 50s, 60s, or beyond and want to understand your heart risk.
You are in perimenopause or menopause and feel like your body is changing faster than your answers are.
You have a family history of heart disease and want to know what to do with that information.
You have been told your symptoms are probably stress, but still feel something is being missed.
You want credible guidance without fear, gimmicks, or supplement-heavy noise.
You would rather ask better questions now than wait for a crisis later.
What you will not get from us.
No fear-based marketing
Heart disease is serious. We will be honest without being manipulative.
No generic wellness advice
We are here to translate real prevention conversations, not chase every trend.
No spam
One useful Sunday letter. Occasional important updates. Unsubscribe anytime.
Today, a guide. Tomorrow, a trusted women’s heart health network.
The Heart Standard starts with education because trust starts with clarity. Over time, we are building a trusted home for women’s heart health: education, community, physician-led conversations, risk-awareness tools, better appointment preparation, and eventually a network of trusted clinicians and partners who understand women’s cardiovascular prevention.
Questions you may be asking
You do not need to become a cardiology expert.
You need to know what matters, what to ask, and when to act. Get the free guide and join The Heart Standard Sunday Letter.