Whats My Heart Attack Risk

The Gift of Life

Doctor Warrick Sep 10, 2021 Blogs , Media Appearances , Great Health Guide , Heart Health 0 comments

The world's first human heart transplant was performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, by surgeon Christiaan Barnard, on 3 December 1967. The 'new' heart functioned normally until the recipient's death from double pneumonia 18 days after the historic operation.

On Treating Individuals Like A Patient And Not A Disease - By Dr Warrick Bishop

Doctor Warrick Aug 25, 2021 Blogs , Media Appearances 0 comments

“I ended up as a cardiologist by chance." As a young fellow at high school, I was good at mathematics and technical drawing together with physics and chemistry and thought my career would be in engineering. As fate would have it, I had the opportunity to do work experience in a local civil engineering company at that time. Not understanding what civil engineering was, over two weeks I observed mainly office based work focusing on retaining walls and draining systems. Unfortunately, I don’t think that is was a fair representation of the breadth and interest that engineering could offer, but I didn’t know that and I was no longer enthusiastic about engineering from the experience.

Elevated Cholesterol in the Time of COVID

Doctor Warrick Jul 27, 2021 Blogs , Media Appearances , Heart Health 0 comments

COVID-19 and heart disease are not happy bedfellows but they can become companionable. As the pandemic rolls on, it is apparent that older people and those with comorbidities are more at risk than others. Those comorbidities include conditions related to long-term elevated cholesterol levels, such as previous heart attack or previous stroke. These raise concerns around how best to approach living in a virus-infected world.

No Longer Fearful (Great Health Guide July/August 2021)

Doctor Warrick Jul 8, 2021 Blogs , Media Appearances , Great Health Guide , Heart Health 0 comments

The two words, 'heart failure', send a spark of fear through the healthiest of people. What most people hear are the words 'heart attack' and, even in today's world of medical marvels, they spell F-E-A-R. Yet, those are two very different conditions.

A Broken Heart Can Be Mended (Great Health Guide May/June 2021 Issue)

Doctor Warrick May 3, 2021 Blogs , Media Appearances , Great Health Guide , Heart Health 0 comments

Severe crushing chest pain hits you. OMG - a heart attack! Or is it?

Women & Heart Failure (Great Health Guide March/April 2021 Issue)

Doctor Warrick Mar 8, 2021 Blogs , Media Appearances , Great Health Guide , Heart Health 0 comments

Heart failure, or cardiac failure, is a weighty condition in today's society, affecting approximately 480,000 people in Australia and more than 25 million world-wide. The Cinderella of cardiovascular disease; it is much less known than heart attack or stroke, yet heart failure (HF) is a serious condition with a worse outcome than most cancers. And it affects more women than men.

Are You on a Cholesterol-Lowering Tablet?

Doctor Warrick Jan 20, 2021 Blogs , Statins & Other Medications , Cholesterol , Risks , Heart Health 0 comments

Are you on a cholesterol lowering tablet? Are you happy you're on a cholesterol lowering tablet. Do you know exactly why you're on that tablet? Do you know what goal or objective, what levels you're aiming for with that tablet?

Are You Engaged in Looking After Your Own Health?

Doctor Warrick Jan 13, 2021 Blogs , Cholesterol , Risks , Heart Health 0 comments

I'm interested in trying to reduce cardiovascular events, or heart attack, for individuals. I've got a question for you today, though. What I'd like to know is whether you're engaged in looking after your own health and do you know what your up-to-date sugar levels are?

The Atrial Fibrillation Epidemic (Great Health Guide January/February Issue)

Doctor Warrick Jan 12, 2021 Blogs , Media Appearances , Great Health Guide , Atrial Fibrillation 0 comments

An ageing population and our western lifestyle are ensuring that the prevalence of a common medical condition, atrial fibrillation (AF), is increasing at such a rate that it is predicted to be the next cardiac epidemic.

Do You Know What Your Blood Pressure Is?

Doctor Warrick Jan 6, 2021 Blogs , Risks , Blood Pressure , Heart Health 0 comments

Hi, my name's Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I'm the author of Know Your Real Risk of Heart Attack. Well, I've written this book to try and inform people about the information required to reduce their risk of a heart problem. So I'm going to ask you a quick question today. Do you know what your blood pressure is? Do you understand what blood pressure is? When did you last have your blood pressure checked? Why is your blood pressure important?