Beating Heart Disease

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The Naked Scientists are delving into the science of heart disease; we've been to the UK's leading heart conference in Manchester. Hear from the researchers trying to discover the causes and new treatments for one of the world's most important diseases; why air pollution and heart attacks are linked, about the role of salt in high blood pressure and learn about a new vaccine for heart disease. With special thanks to the British Heart Foundation and the British Cardiovascular Society. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	I have you loud and clear.
0:03.2	Hello.
0:04.2	Hello.
0:05.2	Welcome.
0:06.2	Science and that is the same physics, medicine, nature, or space, time, brain, life, the universe.
0:15.8	Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientists.
0:18.0	I'm Chris Smith, and this time we're delving into the science of heart disease.
0:21.6	We've been to the UK's leading heart
0:23.2	conference to hear from the researchers who are trying to discover the causes and new
0:26.9	treatments for one of the world's most important diseases coming up why
0:30.6	air pollution and heart attacks are linked,
0:32.8	the role of salt in high blood pressure and a vaccine for heart disease.
0:37.4	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.co. UK. Is your chest a bit tight, feeling short of breath? Sweaty and nauseated, possibly a bit lightheaded?
1:01.0	Maybe you've noticed an odd pain crawling down your arm and up your neck. If so, you might
1:06.5	be having a heart attack. Heart attacks get a pretty bad press and with good reason.
1:13.0	According to the British Heart Foundation, 180 people a day in the UK will die of a heart attack.
1:19.0	Heart attacks happen when one of the blood vessels supplying the heart becomes blocked by a blood clot called a coronary thrombus.
1:26.0	This cuts off the flow of oxygen and sugars to the affected part of the heart muscle,
1:31.0	causing it to run out of energy and the muscle cells begin to die.
1:35.4	When this occurs, heart attack victims experience a feeling of being crushed or squeezed,
1:40.4	accompanied by a dull aching pain in the center of the chest.
1:44.0	Someone having a heart attack usually looks pale, sweaty and clammy,
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