Whats My Heart Attack Risk

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.

Channel 7 TV: New Life-saving treatment used to lower cholesterol levels in high-risk patients become more affordable

Doctor Warrick Aug 4, 2021 Media Appearances , Cholesterol 0 comments

Tasmanian doctors are welcoming new Federal Government subsidiaries, set to make life-saving treatment used to lower cholesterol levels in high-risk patients more affordable

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.

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.

Atrial Fibrillation - An Irregular Irregularity (Great Health Guide November/December Issue)

Doctor Warrick Nov 26, 2020 Blogs , Media Appearances , Great Health Guide , Atrial Fibrillation 0 comments

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a common medical condition that arises from a problem within the electrical system of the heart. Although it is widespread - 30 million sufferers worlwide - one of its peculiarities is that many sufferers are not aware they have it and it is discovered after a collapse or as an 'incidental finding', for example, when a patient's pulse is being monitored in association with surgery or other medical procedure.

Atrial Fibrillation - Great Health Guide July/August 2020 Issue

Doctor Warrick Jul 10, 2020 Blogs , Media Appearances , Great Health Guide 0 comments

Atrial Fibrillation, commonly known as AF, kills three times as many people as car accidents each year in the western world.

New cholesterol health report reveals Tasmanians are not doing enough for their hearts and find out what foods you should avoid!

Doctor Warrick Jun 11, 2020 Media Appearances , Cholesterol , Diet 0 comments

New data reveals Tasmanians are not doing enough to get their cholesterol levels in check, with Cardiologist Dr Warrick Bishop warning people about the increased risk of a heart attack or stroke.