Clinical Deep Dives

The long read. Peer-reviewed. Focused on female physiology.

Long-form clinical essays examining the specific cardiovascular risks women face. The same evidence a cardiologist consults before making a clinical decision, translated into language you can use to advocate for yourself. Every claim is cited.

• Deep Dive 01

  The Hormonal Hinge: Perimenopause and the Endothelium

  Oestrogen is cardioprotective. When it withdraws, the vascular system changes fundamentally. Why the decade after menopause is the highest-risk window women are never warned about.

  In Development

• Deep Dive 02

  The Invisible Presentation: Why Women's Heart Attacks Are Missed

  Fatigue, nausea, jaw pain, back ache. The clinical literature shows women present differently than men. Why the emergency room still looks for the Hollywood chest-clutch.

  In Development

• Deep Dive 03

  The Data Gap: Cardiology's Male Baseline

  Until 1993, women were largely excluded from cardiovascular trials. A deep dive into the guidelines you are being treated by, the male bodies they were built on, and what we actually know today.

  In Development

• Deep Dive 04

  The Silent Load: Chronic Stress and Female Physiology

  Emotional labour, chronic stress, and the physiology of holding it together. How allostatic load physically remodels the cardiovascular system in women.

  In Development