AARP Bulletin (January/February 2023 Issue, page 9) had an alarming story about the growing number of people in their 50’s who are having a major heart attack. The article profiled Lori Kubitz who, at the age of 54 did not smoke and was not overweight, woke at 4:00 a.m. as she was having a massive heart attack. “We’re looking at a crisis in terms of lowering life expectancy for the first time in decades,” Dr. Sadiya Khan, a cardiologist, told AARP Bulletin. A 2022 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists heart disease, along with the opiod crisis and COVID, as key drivers for a higher death rate. Death rates for those being middle-aged from 45 to 64 from heart disease have risen by 8.5% between 2010 to 2020, according to Kaiser Permanente.