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, a cardiologist and CEO of the Healthy Heart Network, discusses strategies to prevent heart attacks and improve general health on a global scale. He highlights the alarming statistics of heart attacks in Australia, with one occurring almost every 10 minutes and over 20 people dying from a heart attack each day.
Doctor Bishop also discusses a study that suggests patients taking antiplatelets or beta blockers may have an elevated risk of heart attack on hot summer days. The researchers caution patients to keep an eye out for very hot days and to break up strenuous activity with shade, rest, and hydration.
Doctor Bishop emphasizes the importance of health literacy and encourages listeners to check their risk of heart attack at virtualheartcheck.com.au. He concludes by reminding listeners to take care of themselves and live as well as possible for as long as possible.
- Heart attacks are a major health issue in Australia, with one occurring almost every 10 minutes and over 20 people dying from a heart attack per day.
- Many heart attacks could be prevented with proper risk reduction strategies and health literacy.
- Antiplatelets and beta blockers are medications used to reduce cardiovascular risk or events.
- Researchers have found that patients taking antiplatelets or beta blockers may have an elevated risk of heart attack on hot summer days.
- The increased risk was observed in patients taking these medications over a 10-15 year period in Germany.
- The researchers suggest that the effect of beta blockers, which block the sympathetic nervous system, may contribute to the increased risk on hot days.
- Patients on beta blockers may not have the usual heat dispersion response, which could intensify heat gain and lower blood pressure, causing other problems.
- Patients at increased risk of cardiovascular events should avoid strenuous activity outside on hot days and take breaks in the shade and stay hydrated.
- The single biggest killer in the Western world is heart attack, with one death occurring less than every 30 minutes in Australia and less than every 60 seconds in the United States.
- People can check their risk of heart attack by visiting www.virtualheartcheck.com.au.
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.
Do the free heart check today at www.virtualheartcheck.com.au
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The Healthy Heart Network is designed to help members:
- 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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