Heart Care: Anxiety Disorders May Increase Heart Attack and Stroke Risk
Anxiety disorders may increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and death in people with heart disease. Very few studies have looked at the role of anxiety, even though researchers have more often studied depression in patients with coronary heart disease. Learn more about anxiety disorders and increased heart attack and stroke risks in this heart care podcast. (Source: MUSC Mental Health Podcast)
Source: MUSC Mental Health Podcast - April 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Depression: Links to Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. John Freedy, a family medicine doctor with his PhD in psychology, discusses the relation between depression and heart and vascular disease, explaining that depression in early adulthood increases the risk of heart disease later in life as well as the likelihood of complication after a heart attack. Dr. Freedy offers different possibilities for the underlying link between the depression and cardiovascular disease in this heart disease podcast. (Source: MUSC Mental Health Podcast)
Source: MUSC Mental Health Podcast - April 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Cancer: Links to Moderate Drinking Among Middle-Aged Women
Research involving more than a million middle-age women finds that even moderate drinking raises risks for breast, liver, and other cancers. On the other hand, numerous studies have suggested that alcohol, especially red wine, might help deter heart disease - complicating decisions around drinking and health. (Source: MUSC Women's Health Podcast)
Source: MUSC Women's Health Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Heart Health: Links to Pregnancy and Delivery
Factors that affect a woman's reproductive health can also have an effect on her heart, new research shows. Giving birth prematurely or delivering a small-for-gestational-age baby is associated with a later risk of cardiovascular disease in the mother. Another study found that when women's ovaries were removed and the estrogen was not replaced through hormone therapy, a woman's overall risk of dying increased, as did her risk of dying of heart disease or stroke. (Source: MUSC Women's Health Podcast)
Source: MUSC Women's Health Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Cancer: Links to Moderate Drinking Among Middle-Aged Women
Research involving more than a million middle-age women finds that even moderate drinking raises risks for breast, liver, and other cancers. On the other hand, numerous studies have suggested that alcohol, especially red wine, might help deter heart disease - complicating decisions around drinking and health. (Source: MUSC Cancer Podcast)
Source: MUSC Cancer Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Heart Care: Anxiety Disorders May Increase Heart Attack and Stroke Risk
Anxiety disorders may increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and death in people with heart disease. Very few studies have looked at the role of anxiety, even though researchers have more often studied depression in patients with coronary heart disease. Learn more about anxiety disorders and increased heart attack and stroke risks in this heart care podcast. (Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast)
Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Heart Health: Links to Pregnancy and Delivery
Factors that affect a woman's reproductive health can also have an effect on her heart, new research shows. Giving birth prematurely or delivering a small-for-gestational-age baby is associated with a later risk of cardiovascular disease in the mother. Another study found that when women's ovaries were removed and the estrogen was not replaced through hormone therapy, a woman's overall risk of dying increased, as did her risk of dying of heart disease or stroke. (Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast)
Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Heart Health: Control of Risk Factors
A recent report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology indicates that the tightest control of the major risk factors for heart disease seems to provide the greatest protection against cardiovascular problems. Upcoming studies will look at the details and validity of the aforementioned research findings. (Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast)
Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Heart Disease: Battling Risk Factors in Children
Research indicates that the proportion of children warranting Statins to treat heart disease risk factors is very low. Instead, lifestyle modifications are a preferable and more appropriate method for the vast majority of children at risk for heart disease. (Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast)
Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Heart Health: Echocardiography to View the Heart
The advanced imaging technique called contrast echocardiography can have a significant impact on the diagnosis and treatment of people hospitalized with heart disease. (Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast)
Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Clinical Trials on Pioglitazone
Dr. Dana King, professor in the Department of Family Medicine, discusses a new clinical trial being conducted to determine the effect of a drug known as pioglitazone on ADMA levels, which has found to be a risk factor for heart disease among diabetes patients. He explains that pioglitazone is already an approved drug for the treatment of diabetes, and that this research is being conducted to determine what added benefits the drug may have. Dr. King provides a description of exactly how this study is conducted on the patient’s part, and the benefits associated with it. (Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast)
Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Cancer: Links to Moderate Drinking Among Middle-Aged Women
Research involving more than a million middle-age women finds that even moderate drinking raises risks for breast, liver, and other cancers. On the other hand, numerous studies have suggested that alcohol, especially red wine, might help deter heart disease - complicating decisions around drinking and health. (Source: MUSC Substance Abuse Podcast)
Source: MUSC Substance Abuse Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Medical University of South CarolinaMedical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Stem cell therapy for chronic ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure
Ischaemic heart disease is the main cause of heart failure, and a leading cause of death. There is an ongoing search for effective treatments, and the use of bone marrow stem cells is a novel therapy that might help. Enca Martin-Rendon from NHS Blood and Transplant and the University of Oxford and others published their Cochrane Review of the topic in April 2014, and she describes the latest evidence in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - April 1, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Treating Heart Disease in Women: Why the Disparities?
Drs. Mulvagh and Best review why women with ACS experience delays in treatment and are treated differently from men. (Source: Medscape Medscape Podcast)
Source: Medscape Medscape Podcast - February 7, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Treating Heart Disease in Women: Why the Disparities?
Drs. Mulvagh and Best review why women with ACS experience delays in treatment and are treated differently from men. (Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast)
Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast - February 7, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
