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Podcast: ReInvent Healthcare
Episode: The Vulnerability of Being Human: What Sudden Death Taught Me About Hidden Cardiovascular Risk
Description: A sudden loss can shake even the most grounded among us.In this deeply personal solocast, Dr. Ritamarie reflects on the unexpected death of a colleague in the natural health community and the vulnerability it surfaced. When someone who appears healthy dies suddenly, it forces a difficult but necessary question: what silent risks might be accumulating beneath the surface?This episode explores the quiet progression of cardiovascular disease, the limitations of standard lab panels, and why doing everything “right” is not the same as measuring what matters. Dr. Ritamarie shares her own experience with elevated lipo...