Show 1053: How to Have a Healthy Heart

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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There is considerable confusion over cholesterol and its connection to heart health and longevity. Should cholesterol be lowered at all costs? We’ll discuss the evidence for and against focusing on cholesterol. We also get good advice on the best lifestyle practices for maintaining a healthy heart. What Are the Benefits and Risks of Statin Drugs? […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.3	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.8	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.2	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:30.7	The cholesterol controversy has lots of people confused.
0:35.1	Should everyone be taking a statin-type cholesterol-lowering drug?
0:38.8	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:50.2	Health professionals have worried about cholesterol for decades, but not all experts agree that it's the primary driver of heart disease.
0:58.8	Could statins be working in part as anti-inflammatory agents? When are these drugs most appropriate?
1:05.8	Two cardiologists present differing perspectives on the benefits and risks of statins.
1:11.5	What are the side effects of these medications?
1:14.3	Is diabetes too rare a reaction to be troublesome, or is it a worrisome complication?
1:20.0	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, find out what you can do to have a healthy heart.
1:25.4	First, this news.
1:32.7	In the People's pharmacy health headlines,
1:39.5	birth control pills may increase the risk for psychological depression. For 50 years, doctors have been wondering whether hormonal contraception could affect mood. A new study from Denmark suggests that the answer is yes.
1:47.0	The researchers reviewed all the records for a million Danish women
1:52.0	between 15 and 34 years of age, between 1995 and 2013.
1:58.0	They compared who got a prescription for a hormonal contraceptive and then analyzed
2:03.6	who was later prescribed an antidepressant for the first time. More than half of the women
2:09.6	used a hormonally based method of contraception during that time. Birth control pills were the most common,
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