Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I’m a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients.
In this podcast, Doctor Warrick Bishop interviews Dr. V, an OBGYN with 20 years of experience, about the importance of lifestyle medicine in treating and preventing chronic diseases. They discuss the increased risk of cardiovascular disease associated with pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, high blood pressure, and proteinuria.
Dr. V emphasizes the importance of preparing for pregnancy by maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including exercise and a clean diet. She also recommends breastfeeding as a way to burn calories and get back to an ideal body weight. Dr. V notes that family history can contribute to an increased risk of these complications, and that follow-up care is important for women who have experienced them.
The conversation concludes with a reminder to see a primary care doctor regularly, even when not pregnant, to monitor risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
- Doctor Warrick Bishop is a practicing cardiologist and author who is passionate about improving care by helping patients understand their heart health through education.
- Dr. V is a physician with 20 years of experience in OBGYN and is passionate about making a real difference by holistic, engaged medicine and helping women through their unique needs.
- Lifestyle medicine is a specialty of medicine that helps patients use their lifestyle to treat or prevent chronic diseases.
- Patients who are obese or have mental health issues such as depression and anxiety are at risk of developing chronic diseases.
- Preeclampsia is a condition that causes a woman's blood pressure to go up during pregnancy and affects the liver and kidneys.
- Women who are obese, have a history of high blood pressure or kidney disease, or are African-American are more likely to develop preeclampsia.
- The extremes of age, both young and old women, are also at risk of developing preeclampsia.
- Delivery is the treatment for preeclampsia, and if the condition cannot be controlled, the baby may have to be delivered prematurely to preserve the mother's life.
- Women who have had preeclampsia or other perinatal problems should be proactive about their cardiovascular health and follow up with their primary care doctor regularly.
- Lifestyle factors such as exercise, diet, and breastfeeding can help prevent chronic diseases and improve overall health.
Australia, like the rest of the western world, has a heart problem.
Over 9 million people around the world die from heart disease every year.
Every 10 minutes, someone in Australia suffers a heart attack. And 21 lives are lost daily because of it.
The devastating fact in all of this is…
Almost every one of those cases could have been prevented.
This podcast is for anyone who wants to improve their health literacy and gain information to help them make the best decisions about their risk of heart attack, their cholesterol, blood pressure, risk of diabetes, weight loss and general health. Join me on my personal mission journey to prevent Heart Attack on a global scale. If you like this podcast, I would be honoured by a 5-star review and appreciate if you let your friends and family know about this podcast; you may even save the life of someone you love!
Are You at Risk of a Sudden Heart Attack? How Healthy is Your Heart? Really?
Heart disease is the #1 killer in the Western World. In Australia, someone dies every 28 minutes from heart disease. That’s 51 people a day. In the US, someone has a heart attack every 40 SECONDS! Fortunately, many heart attacks are preventable. However, regular exercise and eating healthy are no guarantee you won’t succumb to this silent killer.
- 94% of Australians have at least One Risk Factor for heart disease.
- 59% of Australians have been Touched by heart disease.
- Yet only 3% of Australians have had a Full Heart-Health Assessment in the past 12 months.
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- understand the present state of their heart’s health
- recognise their current level of risk of suffering a heart attack
- Learn the positive steps they can take to improve their situation
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