>>CORLEY PEEL: A RECENT STUDY FOUND BEING LONELY AND SOCIALLY ISOLATED CAN
CONTRIBUTE. SHOULD THE RISK
FOR HEART DISEASE, ESPECIALLY
FOR OLDER WOMEN THIS MORNING,
CARDIOLOGIST AND WOMEN’S HEART
HEALTH SPECIALIST DOCTOR AMY
PUBLIC JOINS US NOW TO DISCUSS
THAT STUDY’S FINDINGS AND HOW
FAMILIES CAN HELP THEIR LOVED
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US THIS MORNING.
>> NO, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME.
>>CORLEY PEEL: SO THE STUDY
FOUND WOMEN, PARTICULARLY
THOSE LIKELY IN MINA PAS AGES
65 AND UP ARE MORE LIKELY TO
DEVELOP HEART DISEASE,
ESPECIALLY IF THEY WERE
FEELING LONELY OR WERE ARE
ISOLATED. CAN YOU TELL ME THE
LINK BETWEEN SOCIALIZATION AND
HEART HEALTH?
>> ABSOLUTELY. AND SO THIS IS
A REALLY IMPORTANT STUDY. AND
INTERESTING THAT THIS WAS DONE
REALLY GIVE OVER 10 YEAR
PERIOD FROM IN THE KIND OF THE
EARLY 2,010’S. AND SO THIS WAS
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
BEFORE THIS KIND OF MORE
EXTREME SOCIAL ISOLATION AND
LONELINESS THAT FOLKS HAVE
FELT SO THAT THAT SOCIAL
ISOLATION IS WHEN YOU’RE NOT
GETTING OUT THERE, INTERACTING
WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE WITH
YOUR SUPPORT NETWORKS AND THAT
LONELINESS IS WHEN YOU’RE NOT
HAVING THAT IN A ONE-ON-ONE
INTERACTION AND THEY BOTH ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGHER
RATES OF HEART ATTACKS AND
STROKES.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND OF COURSE,
COVID HAS CERTAINLY MADE A
STAY SOCIALLY DISTANCE. BUT
THAT’S NOT THE SAME IN. WHAT
ARE WE SEEING HAPPENS TO THE
HEART IN PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS
SOCIAL.
>> SO THAT YOU REALLY DON’T
UNDERSTAND A LOT OF WHAT
DRIVES THAT INCREASED RISK. WE
CERTAINLY KNOW THERE ARE SOME
IMPORTANT THREADS ARE SCENES
YOU WOULDN’T WANT FOLKS ARE
FEELING MORE LONELY AND MORE
SOCIALLY ISOLATED. THEY OFTEN
TIMES ARE GETTING AS MUCH
EXERCISE, WHICH IS THAT LACK
OF EXERCISE IS CERTAINLY BAD
FOR THE HEART AND BLOOD
VESSELS. THEY MAY NOT BE TO
DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS. THEY MAY
NOT BE EATING AS HEALTHY. THEY
MAY NOT BE TAKING CARE OF
THEMSELVES FOR PAYING
ATTENTION TO THEIR SYMPTOMS
AND MAYBE WARNING SIGNS THAT
THERE’S SOMETHING GOING ON
WITH THEIR HEART BLOOD AND
THERE’S SOME INTERESTING HE
DID TO SUGGEST THERE MAY BE A
HIGHER LEVEL OF CITY OF STRESS
INFLAMMATION IN BLOOD VESSELS
THAT COULD LEAD TO HIGHER
RATES OF HEART DISEASE AND
STROKE RELATED TO LONELINESS.
SO OUR EMOTIONS AND OUR
FEELING CERTAINLY CAN AFFECT
OUR BODY AND OUR BLOOD
VESSELS.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AS VERY
INTERESTING AND YOU KNOW WHAT
IS INCREASED RISK? WHY ARE
WOMEN WHO IN TURN MINUTE
PAUSE? WHY ARE THEY THE MOST
VULNERABLE AND WHAT WHAT ARE
THOSE INCREASED RISK FOR WHEN
THEY ENTER THAT TIME?
>> IT ABSOLUTELY. THAT’S SUCH
AN IMPORTANT THING TO
HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE WOMEN AS WE
GO INTO MENOPAUSE AS WE START
TO LOSE LEVELS OF ESTROGEN
THAT WE FOR THE MOST PART OF
ENJOYED CERTAIN. ARE OTHER
ADULT YEARS IN LIFE AND THAT
DROP IN ESTROGEN IS ONE OF THE
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE IS THAT
OUR BLOOD VESSEL HEALTH AND SO
BLOOD PRESSURE TENDS TO GO UP
AS WE AGE AN UPWARDS OF 80% OF
AMERICAN ADULTS WILL HAVE HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE DIAGNOSED AT
SOME POINT. AND THEN THERE
THAT COMES OUT FACTORS OF
CHANGES IN ACTIVITY OR DIET AS
WE AGE. AND I THINK NOW MORE
THAN EVER MAKING SURE THAT
WE’RE HEALTHY ACROSS THE
LIFESPAN, A LIVING, VIBRANT,
ACTIVE LIVES IS SO IMPORTANT
WHATEVER OUR AGE.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND YOU KNOW
WHAT OTHER ADVICE DO YOU HAVE
FOR WOMEN TO HELP PROTECT
THEIR HEARTS, ESPECIALLY OLDER
WOMEN?
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THEY’RE
REALLY 5 KEY AREAS THAT I
WOULD RECOMMEND. SO THE FIRST
ONE IS KNOW YOUR NUMBERS MAKE
SURE THAT YOU’RE TAKING
CONTROL OF KNOWING WHAT’S YOUR
BLOOD PRESSURE? YOUR
CHOLESTEROL, YOUR WEIGHT, YOUR
BLOOD SUGARS. KNOWING HOW
THOSE FACTOR INTO YOUR RISK OF
HEART OR STROKE. SECOND IS YOU
NEED TO KNOW FAMILY HISTORY.
IF YOU’RE IN A HIGHER RISK
THESE EVENTS FOR YOUR HEART
AND THEN PAYING ATTENTION TO
SYMPTOMS. 3RD, IS THAT YOU WE
ALL NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND
GET ACTIVE AND THAT CAN
CERTAINLY HELP WITH THAT
SOCIAL ISOLATION AND
LONELINESS. I KNOW WHEN I FELT
LONELY AND SOCIALLY ISOLATED,
ALL CALL A FRIEND OR GRAB A
RELATIVE TO SAY, LET’S GO FOR
A WALK. LET’S GET OUTSIDE. SO
THAT EXERCISE IS SO IMPORTANT
FOR IS THAT HEART HEALTHY
DIET, WHAT WE EAT MATTERS THAN
TREE AND DIET IS ASSOCIATED
WITH A MUCH LOWER RATE OF
HEART ATTACK. STROKE AND EVEN
DEATH. SO WHAT WE EAT MATTERS
AND THAT LAST, BUT CERTAINLY
NOT LEAST IS THAT MENTAL
WELLNESS AND WELLBEING THAT’S
REALLY COMBAT IN THAT
LONELINESS. SOMETIMES A LE
FEEL LONELY INSIDE SO HARD TO
REACH OUT. BUT MICRO STAT, YOU
CALL A FRIEND TO SEND A
MESSAGE, GET TOGETHER AND KIND
OF BUILD THAT EMOTIONAL BANK
TO HELP LONELINESS. SO THOSE
OF YOU TIPS FOR HEART HEALTH,
THOSE ARE WONDERFUL TIPS. I
DEFINITELY DIDN’T KNOW THE
MEDITERRANEAN DIET.
>> COULD HELP WITH YOUR HEART
AS WELL. BUT
>>CORLEY PEEL: THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DOCTOR POLLACK FOR