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Own Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzMidlife Metamorphosis: Embrace Your Power, Discover Your FreedomMidlife can feel like an ending, but what if it’s actually the moment everything starts to make sense? What if the same body you’ve spent years trying to fix is the one that’s been carrying the wisdom you’ve needed all along?
Dr. Regina Druz sits down with Mindy Gorman-Plutzer, a certified health coach and functional nutrition practitioner, for a conversation about midlife transformation, women’s health, and the kind of freedom that comes from trusting yourself again. Mindy shares how her own path through loss and disordered eating led her to a deeper un...
2025-11-1347 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzThe Hormone Whisperer: Unlocking Midlife Wellness For Heart Health OptimizationMenopause changes more than hormones. It reshapes how the whole body works. In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz talks with gynecologist and certified menopause specialist Dr. Polly Watson about the deep links between hormone wellness and cardiovascular health. What really happens to the heart when estrogen levels start to shift? How early do those changes begin, and what can women do to protect themselves long before symptoms appear?
Dr. Druz and Dr. Watson unpack the science behind estrogen dominance and perimenopause through the lens of functional medicine, showing how hormonal fluctuations can influence everything from m...
2025-10-301h 00Own Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzUnlocking Longevity: How Genetic Insights Guide Lifelong HealthYour DNA carries powerful clues about how to protect your heart and extend your life, and modern genetics now makes it possible to turn that knowledge into action.
Dr. Regina Druz sits down with Dr. Sharon Hausman-Cohen, the co-founder of IntellxxDNA, to discuss how breakthroughs in genetics, genomics, and epigenetics are redefining personalized medicine and reshaping the way we think about heart health and longevity. Dr. Hausman-Cohen breaks down the difference between genetics - our inherited traits - and genomics, the complex network of gene interactions that work with lifestyle and environment to influence chronic d...
2025-10-161h 08Own Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzFrustrated with Exercise? How Move More Moments Can Re-engineer Your RoutineExercise can be medicine for the heart, yet most of us still struggle to fit it into daily life. Dr. Regina Druz sits down with exercise physiologist Dr. Jim Walter to explore how movement shapes cardiovascular health and why small choices matter more than we think. He introduces “move more moments,” simple ways to counter a sedentary lifestyle and build habits that actually last. How much activity is enough to lower risk? Could short bursts of physical activity make the difference that decades of research suggest?
Together, they look at exercise through the lens of physi...
2025-10-0255 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina Druz“Honey, I Shrunk the ECG!”: How This Cardiologist Put Your Heart Rhythm at Your FingertipsPocket-sized ECG devices and advances in AI in healthcare are opening new possibilities in cardiology and giving patients practical ways to stay on top of their heart health. What once required bulky machines in hospitals can now be done from home, shifting how care is experienced and how patients connect with their doctors.
In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz talks with Dr. David Albert, cardiologist, inventor, and founder of AliveCor, whose innovations have made at-home heart monitoring a reality for millions of people. He shares how his path through medical technology and entrepreneurship turned an e...
2025-09-1854 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzDo You Know How to Flow? Exploring How Your Brain Gets Its Happiest with Dr. Lara SaylerWhat does it mean to be in a flow state? And why does it matter for both your health and your work? That question frames a wide-ranging conversation between Dr. Regina Druz and Dr. Lara Salyer that goes well beyond theory to ask how we can actually live and practice in ways that support creativity, resilience, and joy.
Dr. Salyer reflects on her own mindset shift from burnout in rural family practice to founding the Catalyst Studio, a space where women clinicians learn to design work that feels alive and aligned with their values. She a...
2025-09-0455 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzThe Biggest Little Troublemaker: Unpacking Lipoprotein(a) with Dr. Guy MintzLipoprotein(a) might be one of the most important pieces of the heart health puzzle that most people have never heard about.
Dr. Regina Druz sits down with cardiologist and lipidology expert Dr. Guy Mintz to discuss why this particle deserves far more attention in cardiology. Lipoprotein(a) is often left out of standard cholesterol tests, yet it is linked to early heart attacks, strokes, valve disease, and aggressive atherosclerosis. If lowering cholesterol only cuts cardiovascular risk in half, what explains the rest? Could Lipoprotein(a) be the missing factor that shapes a person’s lon...
2025-08-211h 01Own Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzThe Gut-Liver-Heart Connection Demystified: Uncovering the Hidden Links with Dr. Vivian AsamoahMost chronic diseases can’t be reversed until we address what’s happening in the gut, and Dr. Vivian Asamoah is here to explain why your microbiome is the missing link in true healing.
Joining Dr. Regina Druz, Dr. Asamoah shares how her journey from conventional gastroenterology to integrative and functional medicine began with a simple but powerful realization: prescriptions alone don’t solve chronic illness. Patients were tired of “forever medications,” and she was determined to find a better way, one that focuses on root causes, nutrition, and sustainable lifestyle shifts.
Together...
2025-08-0754 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzIs Your Mouth Secretly Harming Your Heart? (Dentist Reveals Surprising Connection!)Your dentist might be the first person to spot early signs of heart disease, and it might show up long before your cardiologist sees anything on a scan.
In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz sits down with her colleague, dentist Dr. Maria Sokolina, to talk about the oral systemic connection and why oral health should never be treated as separate from the rest of the body. They unpack how gum disease, gingivitis, and periodontal disease (often caused by bacteria like Bacteroides gingivalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum) can quietly fuel inflammation that affects cardiovascular health, brain function, a...
2025-07-2459 min
Menopause RescueAn Integrative Cardiologist's Guide to Menopause and Heart HealthIn this episode, Dr. Polly Watson welcomes integrative cardiologist and functional medicine expert Dr. Regina Druz for an eye-opening conversation about the often overlooked intersection of heart health and menopause. Together, they unpack how hormonal shifts in perimenopause and menopause can cause unexpected changes in cholesterol, blood pressure, fat distribution and heart rhythm. Dr. Druz explains why traditional risk calculators often miss the mark for women, what new markers like ApoB and Lp(a) really tell us, and how wearable tech and advanced imaging can offer deeper insights. Whether you're already tracking your health closely or just starting to...
2025-07-1151 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzThe Surprising Link Between Your Gut, Brain, Heart, & Simple Lifestyle Changes To Implement NowChronic symptoms don’t always need complex solutions, and your wellness journey doesn’t have to start with prescriptions.
Dr. Myrto Ashe joins Dr. Regina Druz to talk about how simple, cost-negative health interventions can spark powerful change. A leader in functional medicine and author of The Simple Science of Wellness, Dr. Ashe shares her personal health journey—from managing asthma and joint pain to helping her child through chronic illness—by turning to holistic health practices like intermittent fasting, a gluten-free diet, and stress relief tools grounded in science.
In this conversation, she breaks down eas...
2025-07-1054 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzThe Six Domains of Optimal Health: How This Cardiologist Found The Secrets to Heart HealthYour heart can show signs of distress without a single symptom, and sometimes, the trigger isn’t physical at all.
Dr. Alan Rozanski, a pioneer in nuclear cardiology and now a thought leader in integrative care, joins Dr. Regina Druz to explore how emotional and behavioral patterns can directly influence heart health and vitality. He shares the turning point that led him from high-tech imaging to psychosomatic medicine: watching a patient’s heart function visibly deteriorate, not during exercise, but while talking about stress.
That moment launched decades of research into how ch...
2025-06-2657 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzGot LDL Cholesterol? Let’s Play Cholesterol Marbles!Most doctors focus on LDL. But your lipidome holds the real clues to your cardiovascular risk. In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz introduces a tool she uses with patients called “cholesterol marbles,” a hands-on way to see cholesterol not as good vs. bad, but as a complex network of particles with very different roles.
What does it mean if your LDL is high? What’s the role of VLDL or small dense LDL? And why do some people with “great” HDL numbers still end up at risk? Dr. Druz breaks down how these lipoproteins behave, how they for...
2025-06-1238 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzDo This Daily for Your Heart Health: Laugh Your Heart Out!Laughter and heart health might seem like an unlikely pairing until you hear the science behind it.
Dr. Regina Druz is joined by Dr. Sam Shay, a functional medicine doctor who also happens to be a stand-up comic. Together, they explore how humor therapy works on a biological level, from lowering stress hormones to improving blood flow. Could laughter help prevent heart disease? And what role does humor play in building trust between patients and practitioners?
Dr. Shay shares how comedy became part of his clinical practice after growing up in a...
2025-05-2953 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzThree Things to Know About Your Lipid Profile: Statin Overprescribing Solution Part 2Most people scan their cholesterol panel and zero in on the LDL. But could there be a better indicator of risk hiding in plain sight?
In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz walks through the standard lipid panel (total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides) and explains why the context behind the numbers matters more than the numbers alone. She breaks down what each marker can and can’t tell you, why fasting makes a difference, and how calculated values like LDL can be misleading if the test wasn’t done correctly.
Dr. Druz a...
2025-05-1553 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzRenology with Dr. Robin RoseWhen it comes to your kidneys, most people are told “nothing’s wrong” until it’s almost too late.
In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz sits down with Dr. Robin Rose to expose the gaps in traditional renal care and offer a proactive path to kidney success. Dr. Rose shares her personal story of facing kidney cancer, a dangerously low eGFR, and the lack of real solutions from conventional medicine. Instead of accepting a future of kidney failure, she built a new approach: Renology, the art and science of kidney success.
They break...
2025-05-0155 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzStatin Overprescribing Solution (S.O.S.): Part 1. How to Age-proof YourselfMost people measure aging by wrinkles or energy levels but your arteries tell the real story.
Dr. Regina Druz kicks off a new series with the launch of the Statin Overprescribing Solution (SOS), a program designed to challenge the one-size-fits-all approach to LDL cholesterol. We’ve all heard that LDL is “the bad cholesterol,” but what does a high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level really mean? And is the goal always to lower LDL, no matter the cost?
In this episode, Dr. Druz invites listeners to reconsider long-held beliefs. She explains why meas...
2025-04-1757 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina Druz3 Myths of Hormone Replacement Therapy: Truth or Dare!Most women have been misled about hormone therapy. This episode sets the record straight on what’s true, what’s outdated, and what your hot flashes are really telling you.
Dr. Regina Druz is joined by hormone expert Dr. Lorraine Maita for a conversation that challenges long-held beliefs about hormones, bioidentical hormones, and the risks often associated with them. Together, they revisit the Women’s Health Initiative study and explain why its conclusions may no longer apply to today’s treatments or today’s patients.
What do hot flashes reveal about your heart...
2025-04-031h 01Own Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzThe Weight Loss “Bermuda Triangle”: Are You Stuck In It?Your genetics might be the key to lasting weight loss. Dr. Phyllis Pobee knows firsthand how frustrating it can be to do everything “right” and still struggle with weight. In this episode, Dr. Pobee joins Dr. Regina Druz to discuss how genetics for weight loss plays a bigger role than most people realize. Could your genes for weight loss be working against you? And if so, what can you do about it?
From nutritional genetics to hormones like cortisol and estrogen, Dr. Pobee breaks down why weight gain—especially for women over 30—isn’t just about diet...
2025-03-2054 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzVegiterranean, Anyone? Yes, Please!Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the U.S. for over a century, but could changing the way we eat make a real difference? Dr. Kim Williams thinks so.
In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz sits down with Dr. Williams from the University of Louisville to break down what to eat for heart health. They talk about the science behind the vegan diet, Mediterranean diet, and DASH diet, weighing the benefits of each. Dr. Williams makes a strong case for a whole food plant-based approach, pointing to research that links it t...
2025-03-0657 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzShow Your Heart Some Love: Focus on HypertensionBlood pressure readings can be misleading—are you really hypertensive, or is it just a case of white coat syndrome? Dr. Regina Druz sits down with Dr. Ellie Campbell, a primary care functional medicine doctor, to unpack the complexities of blood pressure, its role in cardiovascular risk, and why a single reading in a doctor’s office might not tell the whole story.
Dr. Campbell shares how a patient’s unexpected stroke reshaped her understanding of blood pressure management, leading her to investigate overlooked factors like inflammation and metabolic health. The conversation also covers why home bl...
2025-02-201h 02Own Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzThree Men Walk Onto a Golf Course: Calcium Score RevisitedIs your calcium score telling the full story of your heart health? Dr. Regina Druz unpacks what a coronary artery calcium score really means, how it relates to vascular age, and why even a seemingly low score can signal long-term risks.
Starting with a quick story of three men on a golf course comparing their calcium scores, Dr. Druz illustrates how numbers like 75, 220, or 3000 can mean very different things depending on age and overall health. Using insights from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, she explains how to assess whether your arteries are aging faster than you...
2025-02-0649 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina Druz"So Me" and "So You": Unpacking the Social Media with Dr. Dana Corriel“Doctors aren’t on social media. I recognized early on that this was going to be a really powerful medium into which we needed to place ourselves because doctors were missing,” says Dr. Dana Corriel, a pioneer in the realm of physicians on social media. In this episode, Dr. Corriel and Dr. Regina Druz discuss how social media is transforming healthcare, creating opportunities for physicians to connect with patients, build trust, and advocate for holistic heart health.
Why are so few physicians on social media, and what risks or rewards does it bring? Dr. Corriel shares...
2025-01-2345 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzWhy Your Fasting is Not Working: The 3 “O”sFasting, cutting out carbs, and workouts might seem like the keys to better health. But could they be working against you? In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz unpacks why traditional fasting methods often fail to deliver expected results and introduces the “three O’s” that commonly sabotage progress: over-fasting, over-restricting carbs, and over-stressing.
Drawing from a case study, Dr. Druz explains how over-fasting can lead to sustained cortisol spikes and chronic stress, which undermine metabolic health. She points out the risks of over-restricting carbs, such as impaired muscle maintenance and gut health, while advocating for a perso...
2025-01-0940 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzTop 5 for Heart Health and Longevity for 2025Heart health and longevity are built on daily actions, self-awareness, and the courage to take ownership of your well-being. In this episode, Dr. Regina Druz shares her top five insights for 2025, blending science and self-compassion into a practical roadmap for well-being.
Dr. Druz points out the connection between metabolic health and overall well-being, introducing tools like the Lumen device to measure metabolic flexibility and guide personalized health decisions. Her philosophy, “decide with data,” stresses the value of tracking metrics like blood pressure and body composition to make informed choices.
Dr. Druz also e...
2024-12-2646 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzAm I a Ticking Time Bomb? Bio-age Revealed!“If we truly want to focus on preventative medicine and address the biggest risk factor, that risk factor is the biological aging process,” says Ryan Smith, the co-founder of TruDiagnostic, a company at the forefront of epigenetic testing. In this episode, he joins Dr. Regina Druz to break down how advanced tools like DNA methylation clocks are redefining what we know about aging and health.
Is your body aging at the same rate as your chronological years? Ryan explains why that might not be the case and how TruDiagnostic’s DNA methylation technology offers a clearer...
2024-12-1258 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzDetox Redux with Dr. Daniel KesslerEnvironmental toxins are everywhere, but how do they really impact heart health? Dr. Regina Druz sits down with Dr. Daniel Kessler to uncover the ways toxins like microplastics and heavy metals affect cardiometabolic health. They break down which toxins are most likely to contribute to heart disease and what really happens when toxins leave our bodies.
Dr. Kessler shares insights from his work in European biological medicine, and offers practical solutions for reducing toxic exposure. From improving your water quality to eating a colorful, fiber-rich diet, these steps can support the body’s natural detox pro...
2024-11-2852 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina Druz“Watch Your Breath”: Your Heart and Lungs Will Thank You“Lung cancer is still the number one killer in men and women worldwide against all other cancers combined,” says Dr. Nina Maouelainin, an interventional pulmonologist, as she joins Dr. Regina Druz to tackle a powerful question: Why are so many non-smokers, especially younger women, now at risk? Dr. Maouelainin reveals how factors like air pollution, cooking fumes, and microplastics are affecting lung health in ways we’re just beginning to understand. She explains the importance of proactive screening and how family history can heighten risk—even for those with no smoking background. In a world full of invisible risks, are we p...
2024-11-1456 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzBusting the LDL Cholesterol Myth: It is NOT What You Think!“I look at cholesterol as a first responder. Once inflammation starts in the blood vessels and injury occurs, cholesterol is sent to patch it up—that’s the beginning of those plaques. If plaques are active and inflammation doesn’t subside, the immune system, of course, gets involved,” says Dr. Regina Druz, challenging the conventional view that LDL cholesterol is simply a villain in heart disease.
In this episode, Dr. Druz is joined by Dr. Ernst Schaefer, a leading expert in lipidology and co-founder of Boston Heart Diagnostics, to explore a more nuanced take on cholesterol...
2024-10-311h 00Own Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina Druz#RapidResponse: How Much Weight to Lose to Fix Your Blood Pressure“One kilogram reduction in weight usually decreases systolic blood pressure, so that’s your upper number, by about one millimeter on average,” shares Dr. Regina Druz, pointing to research that shows how even small amounts of weight loss may have a measurable impact on blood pressure. So, how much weight does one really need to lose to see a difference in their blood pressure?
In this episode, Dr. Druz tackles that very question, breaking down the connection between weight loss and managing hypertension. She explains that it isn’t just about dropping pounds—it’s about targeti...
2024-10-1749 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzYou’ve Got Coronary Calcium: Now What?“Calcium is the end stage of the inflammation that happens in the coronary arteries,” explains Dr. Regina Druz, a holistic cardiologist, in this inaugural episode of Own Your Heart Health. Dr. Druz explores heart disease from a different angle, shifting the focus from cholesterol to the deeper role inflammation plays in cardiac risk. What if understanding and addressing inflammation could be the key to better heart health? Dr. Druz unpacks this idea and emphasizes the value of the coronary artery calcium score—a diagnostic tool that measures calcium deposits in the arteries, reflecting past inflammation and helping predict future heart...
2024-10-0356 minOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina DruzOwn Your Heart Health with Dr. Regina Druz - TrailerExpert insights and actionable steps to reverse and prevent heart disease. Dr. Regina Druz (Cornell/Duke trained MD) is the leading holistic cardiologist, who brings clinical practice wisdom to the science of medicine, enabling listeners to take ownership over their heart health. The episodes focus on the root cause drivers of heart disease, delving deep into metabolic health, hormonal changes, inflammation, toxicities, stress and sleep, and the lifestyle strategies to achieve optimal health, longevity and vitality.
2024-09-1201 min
The Direct Care Podcast For SpecialistsDr. Regina Druz of Holistic Heart CentersSend us a textCardiologist Dr. Regina Druz, MD, MBA, FACC shares her virtual cardiology practice using an innovative approach to patient care. She discusses how telemedicine has increased engagement with her patients, that this is scaleable, and she offers insights on her concierge signature program. She also consults with doctors looking to create their own concierge signature program at https://www.dr.mbaPractice Website https://holisticheartcenters.com Support the show*NEW!* Are you ready for Direct Care? Start with this Google Form Readiness Scorecard here
2024-05-0734 min
Faisel and Friends: A Primary Care PodcastEp. 55: The Heartbeat of Primary Care w/ Dr. Regina DruzIn this episode, we are discussing the heartbeat of primary care. We are talking to Dr. Regina Druz, the National Director of Cardiology at ChenMed. Our conversation explores the challenge of shared decision-making, patient advocacy, and the currency of medicine.Learn more about Dr. Regina Druz and her path, here.
2022-04-0735 min
Women Wired for Wellness hosted by Dr. Nisha ChellamMisperceptions In CardiologyMisperceptions in Cardiology
As common as cardiovascular issues are, unfortunately, so are the misconceptions people have surrounding cardiovascular diseases & cardiology.
In this blog, Dr. Nisha Chellam, Founder and Internist at Holistic ICON conversation with Dr. Regina Druz, Board Certified Cardiologist and Functional Medicine Physician, FACC and FASNC, clears up all the misperceptions pertaining to cardiology, such as:
Preventive Cardiology vs. Cardiac Surgery
Cardiovascular Diseases
Traditional Cardiology vs. Functional Medical Approach
Risk Factor: Hypertension
Risk Factor: High cholesterol
A Heart-friendly Diet—Do’s & Don’ts
All the answers from a functional medicine perspective. So, lie ba...
2021-02-081h 13
Voices of Women as OneEpisode 12 - Why I’m Getting My MBAInterview with: Regina Druz, MD, FACC
Chief of Cardiology, St John’s Episcopal Hospital – NY
2019-08-2700 min
Living Health LIVE!Featured Interview with Integrative Cardiologist Dr. Regina DruzDrs. Steph and Tom Chaney interview Dr. Regina Druz, an integrative cardiologist. Some of the interesting topics and questions answered include the difference between conventional cardiology and integrative cardiology, the primary causes of cardiovascular disease, is high cholesterol a cause of cardiovascular disease, are statin medications the answer for high cholesterol, can cholesterol be too low and many more!
Dr. Druz is a nationally recognized expert in cardiology, with a focus on prevention and cardiac imaging. She has a long-standing interest in integrative and functional medicine, and has developed Fit in Your GENES™ program that utilizes genomic and m...
2019-05-0327 min