Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among women. Conditions like heart disease and stroke kill more women each year than breast cancer, lung cancer and chronic lung disease combined.

As awareness of cardiovascular risk grows, one cardiologist argues that wearable technology could play an increasingly important role in women's heart health. Ami Bhatt, M.D., is chief medical officer of WHOOP and former chief innovation officer at the American College of Cardiology. Senior Writer Anastassia Gliadkovskaya talks with Bhatt about the potential of wearable health data and why including women in the development of new technologies is so important.

To learn more about the topics in this episode: 

• Medical societies release female-specific framework for cardiovascular disease prevention, care 
• Whoop expands Advanced Labs to non-members, adds Grail’s multi-cancer detection test to lineup 
• ARPA-H launches $63M effort to build FDA-authorized AI agents for heart failure care