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MEDICAL GROUP4@4@ CARDIOVASCULA
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DISEASE IS THE NUMBER ONE
KILLER OF WOMEN CLAIMING THE
LIVES OF ONE IN THREE WOMEN
HERE IN THE US.
HERE TO TELL US THE STORY
BEHIND THE NUMBERS4@ TO DISCUSS
PREVENTIVE CARE AND TREATMENT
IS SPECTRUM HEALTH CARDIOLOGIST@
DR. LAURA FRANEY.
AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, DR.
FRANEY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
YEAH.
ME. YEAH.
ME. YEAH. YOU KNOW THE HEALTH CARE FIELD
HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN BOTH
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT AND
YET AS WE SAID4@, CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE CONTINUES TO BE THE
NUMBER ONE KILLER OF WOMEN.
COULD YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT
THAT?
YES, THE STATISTICS REMAIN
QUITE STAGGERING FOR BOTH MEN
AND WOMEN.
CARDIOVASCULAR4@ DISEASE REMAINS
THE NUMBER ONE KILLER MORE SO
THAN ANY OTHER4@ CANCERS
COMBINED.
INTERESTINGLY TO YOUNGER4@ WOMEN
ARE ALSO SHOWN TO BE PERHAPS
LESS AWARE OF4@ THE RISK FACTORS
OF HEART DISEASE.
THE WARNING SIGNS AND MAY NOT
BE AWARE THAT IT IS THE NUMBER
ONE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN
THIS COUNTRY.
SO WHAT CAN WOMEN DO TO TAKE
CHARGE OF THEIR HEALT4@H >>4@?
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
AWARENESS SO BEING AWARE OF THE@
RISK FACTORS AND THE SYMPTOMS,
TALKING WITH YOUR DOCTORS EARLY
ON WE RECOMMEND THAT ALL
FEMALES4@ AROUND THE AGE OF 20
BEGIN THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH
THEIR PRIMARY4@ CARE PHYSICIANS
SO WE TALK ABOUT KNOWING YOUR
NUMBERS, KNOWING WHAT YOUR
CHOLESTEROL IS, YOUR BLOOD
PRESSURE, YOUR BLOOD SUGARS,
YOUR BODY MASS INDEX ALL OF
THESE ARE IMPORTANT TO KNOWING
EARLY4@ ON F4@OR THE LONG TERM
PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR
ILLNESS.
ANY IMPROVEMENT IN LIFESTYLE
CAN ALSO DRAMATICALLY4@ REDUCE
THE RISK OF LONG LONG TERM
HEART ISSUES.
SO4@ INCREASING ACTIVITY 30
MINUTES OF EXERCISE MOST DAYS A
WEEK DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE
RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
A LOW4@ FAT LOW CHOLESTEROL DIET
CAN ALSO BE VERY BENEFICIAL4@4@
SO YOU MENTIONED >> YOUNGER
WOMEN MAYBE NOT BEING KEYED
INTO THE REALITIES OF THIS.
ARE THERE CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE WHERE
THERE IS4@ A NEED FOR THIS TOPIC
TO BE TALKED ABOUT MORE
FREQUENTLY BEYOND4@ AGAIST THE
YOUNG WOMEN?
YES,4@ IMPORTANTLY WOMEN OF COLR
,SPECIFICALLY HISPANIC AND4@
BLACK FEMALES HAVE A MUCH
HIGHER INCIDENCE OF
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EVEN AT
A YOUNGER AGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
FEMALES IN GENERAL, OVER HALF
OF THEM HAVE HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE4@ AND MAY NOT KNOW THAT
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK
FACTOR FOR HEART ISSUES IN THE
FUTURE.
SO BRINGING AWARENESS TO THESE
DEMOGRAPHICS CAN BE EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT AND YET THERE ARE
BARRIERS4@ FOR MANY COMMUNITIES
IMPORTANT AND YET THERE ARE BARRIERS4@ FOR MANY COMMUNITIES@ TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION4@.
WHAT'S BEING DONE TO KIND OF
REACH OUT AND BE SURE THAT
EVERYONE IS INFORMED >> SO
PARTNERSHIP4@ WITH OUR LOCAL
HEALTH SYSTEMS LIKE SPECTRUM
HEALTH, THE AMERICAN HEART4@
ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY
PROGRAMS SUCH AS GO RED FOR
WOMEN WEARING RED ON FRIDAYS
THEY HELP TO BRING AWARENESS4@ O
THIS VERY IMPORTANT HEALTH
TOPIC.
WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO ENGAGE4@
KIDS PATIENTS OF YOUNGER AGES
WITH COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL
PROGRAMS TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT@
HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR LONG
TERM HEALTH AND WHAT THOSE RISK
FACTORS ARE.
SO OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ARE
FACTORS ARE. SO OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ARE4@ ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT >>.
OF COURSE WE'VE ALL BEEN
IMPACTED BY THIS LITTLE
PANDEMIC WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH
AND THAT ADDS A LOT OF STRESS
TO4@ TO OUR LIVES AND WE KNOW
THAT STRESS IS A IS A
CONTRIBUTING4@ FACTOR.
RIGHT.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO KIND OF
REDUCE STRESS AND DECREASE ITS
IMPACT ON THE HEART >>4@?
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND
MORE AND MORE DATA IS SHOWING
THAT PERIODS OF LONG AND4@
UNTREATED STRESS CAN BE VERY
DETRIMENTAL TO NOT JUST OUR
HEART HEALTH BUT OUR HEALTH IN
GENERAL4@.
SO CERTAINLY THIS PANDEMIC HAS
TAKEN ITS TOLL ON SO4@ MANY OF S
THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AT HOME
JUST TRYING TO GET REGULAR
EXERCISE OR ACTIVITY CAN HELP4@
INCREASE THOSE ENDORPHINS AND
LOWER YOUR STRESS LEVELS4@ TRYIG
TO STAY HYDRA4@TED, GET GOOD
SLEEP.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN A LOT OF
STUDIES THAT HAVE SHOWN THE
HEALTH BENEFITS OF MEDITATION
IN TERMS OF NOT JUST IMPROVING
STRESS BUT LOWERING4@ BLOOD
PRESSURE AND LOWERING THE RISK
FOR HEART DISEASE AND CERTAIN4@@
IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH
FINDING AN OPTION THAT WORKS
FOR YOU REACHING OUT TO YOUR
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR LOCAL
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER CAN BE
VERY HELPFUL.
>> GOOD4@ ADVICE.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
WITH A SPECTRUM HEALTH HEART
SPECIALIST, GIVE HIM A CALL OR4@
VISIT THEIR WEBSITE.
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