Big News for Red Hot Mamas!

Women and heart disease: your story could help another woman feel less alone

Have you faced heart disease?

If you are a woman, 18 or older, living in the U.S. and have experienced:

• Elevated LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and had angina, a heart attack or stroke
• Elevated Lipoprotein Lp(a) and had angina, a heart attack or stroke
• Cardiomyopathy (any form of cardiomyopathy)

Your experience matters. Your voice can help shape how women with heart disease are understood, supported and cared for in the future.

You are invited to take part in a 90-minute online research conversation from home, where you can openly share what this journey has been like for you: the worries, the wins and everything in between.

• It’s a paid research study
• Completely confidential and respectful of your privacy
• No medical tests, treatments or procedures
• No obligation to join any program
• Compensation provided if you qualify and participate

If you’d like to see if this is a good fit for you, use this link to complete the interest form:

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/iskcw6pkZD or scan this QR code

Please consider sharing this with another woman who has lived through a heart-related

event and might want her story to be heard.

Add Your Voice to a Global Menopause Survey…“Menopause Unfiltered” – Real Voices & Real Lives

At Red Hot Mamas North America Inc., we wanted to share a meaningful initiative we think is worth your time.

A global survey is underway with an ambitious goal: to gather the experiences of at least 10,000 people impacted by menopause. This includes not only women who are going or have gone through menopause, but also their partners, family members, colleagues, and workplace leaders – because we know that menopause not only affects women but also affects those around them.

This project was inspired by a business leader who, through his spouse’s menopause journey, realized how rarely people talk openly about it. Together, they created this survey to better understand real-world experiences and help move the conversation forward in 2026 and beyond.

The questionnaire is available in English and Spanish, using the following links:

We’ve both taken the survey and found it thoughtful and easy to complete (it took around 10 minutes to complete). We encourage you to participate and share your experience—there are no right or wrong answers, and every voice matters.

The participants and their responses are anonymous.

We’re excited to see what insights come from this effort and will share updates along the way. You can follow along at www.redhotmamas.org

Invitation to participate in Yale University Research

Want to participate in Alzheimer’s research?

Network Integrity in Neurodegenerative Disease

If you are 40 to 90 years of age and cognitively healthy, you may be eligible to participate in this research study. The purpose of this research study is to see how less common forms of Alzheimer’s disease affect brain networks, memory, and thinking. Visits involve medical screening, cognitive tests, and MRI imaging.

Compensation is up to $225.

To learn more or see if you are eligible to participate, email fredericks.lab@yale.edu

Understanding Mental Health Experiences During Perimenopause & Menopause

Changes during perimenopause and menopause can affect many aspects of health-including mood, sleep, thinking, and perception. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine are conducting a study to better understand how often certain unusual or distressing mental health experiences occur during this stage of life.

If you are in peri-or post menopause, you are invited to participate in a brief, confidential research screening to help us understand how common thee experiences are in this population.

Interested?

• To learn more and participate visit here
• Complete a short online screener questionaire about:
• Changes in thinking or perception
• Feeling unusually suspicious, fearful, or overwhelmed
• Sensory experiences that feel different or concerning

Participation is:

• Voluntary
• Confidential
• Open to individuals in perimenopause or menopause
• This screening is for research purposes only and is not a diagnosis