Jul 2022

4 July: Coming to terms with long COVID; Vaxes for variants; An artificial pancreas; Protecting pandemic teens

Australia has many stories from people who say they have long COVID but who are unable to access help | Updated versions of coronavirus vaccines targeting the Omicron variant have been announced, yet the virus still mutates | People with Type 1 diabetes need to monitor their bloo ... Show More

28m 35s

Jun 2022

Speculating on an Australian Centre of Disease Control and Prevention; How Indigenous culture can protect the heart; Associations between mental health and mortality

What an Australian Centre for Disease Control might aim to be; An Indigenous perspective and research to engage culture for protection against cardiovascular disease and stroke; Research on links between mental health and mortality concludes that both mental and physical health c ... Show More

28m 35s

Jun 2022

Breast density and MRIs, diet and mental health, genomics and osteoarthritis

There may be a link between what you eat and your mental health—also, avoiding overtreatment for breast cancer; predicting your risk of osteoarthritis; and whether mammogram results should inform women about breast density.

28m 35s

Aug 2020

Let’s Talk About Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is a common condition, which can cause serious health problems. So how do we get it under control? This episode features audio from What the New Blood Pressure Range Guidelines Mean, How to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally with Lifestyle Changes, and Fasting to ... Show More

16m 25s

Mar 2022

Brain benefit from reduced blood pressure

If you have elevated blood pressure and lifestyle controls are not helping - so you need medication - by how much should pressure be reduced? Too low and you might overly restrict blood supply to the brain.

5m 8s

Mar 2022

Finding a hormonal cause of high blood pressure

Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a hormonal cause of high blood pressure where the adrenal glands make too much aldosterone. It's treatable and there's a simple test.

9m 42s

Jun 2024

#527: How to Prevent & Treat Hypertension – Dr. Mohammed Alo, DO

Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, is a silent yet prevalent health issue that affects millions of people worldwide. Often going unnoticed until significant damage has been done, hypertension can lead to severe cardiovascular complications if not properly manage ... Show More

1h 9m

Jun 2023

#258 - AMA #48: Blood pressure—how to measure, manage, and treat high blood pressure

View the Show Notes Page for This Episode Become a Member to Receive Exclusive Content Sign Up to Receive Peter’s Weekly Newsletter In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter delves into the critical subject of blood pressure, which is one of the three primary causes of ather ... Show More

26m 4s

Nov 2022

What Causes High Blood Pressure And How To Fix It

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Athletic Greens. High blood pressure—medically known as hypertension—affects about 30 percent of adults. Left neglected, it can severely damage your quality of life and set the stage for heart disease, kidney complications, or a st ... Show More

20m 57s

Jul 2022

Blood Pressure Risk: Salt or Sugar

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the US with hypertension or high blood pressure implicated as the primary cause. Controlling hypertension is and has been a major focus of public health initiatives. Often the advice for blood pressure issues is to reduce ... Show More

43m 43s

Mar 2022

Updating transient ischaemic attack

A 'temporary stroke' means people get the warning signs of a stroke but the symptoms go away without treatment. The medical name for this has been a Transient Ischaemic Attack - or a TIA.

7m 2s

Sep 2023

245: Blood Pressure, Behavior Change & New Technology – Dr. Jay Shah & Angel Planells

New Technology Supports Behavior Change in Hypertension Management Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the most common modifiable cause of death in the world and affects 1.3 – 1.4 billion people worldwide including almost 50% of people over the age of 65. Consistently contro ... Show More

59m 29s

Oct 2023

Podcast 871: Increased Intracranial Pressure and the Cushing Reflex

Contributor: Travis Barlock MD Education Pearls: The Cushing Reflex is a physiologic response to elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) Cushing’s Triad: widened pulse pressure (systolic hypertension), bradycardia, and irregular respirations Increased ICP results from systolic hyper ... Show More

3m 42s

Research on passive antibodies to combat...