Show 1293: How Heartbreak Can Literally Lead to Broken Heart Syndrome

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

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

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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This week on our nationally syndicated radio show, we learn how heartbreak can have physiological consequences on the heart and other organ systems. Broken Heart Syndrome, also called Takotsubo, is a form of stress cardiomyopathy. The effects of stress hormones due to an emotional blow or a serious illness can weaken the heart muscle. A […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.
0:12.4	com.
0:14.9	Have you ever had your heart broken?
0:17.3	The heart is a pump for blood,
0:18.8	but it's also profoundly affected by our emotions. This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grady.
0:27.0	author for Author Florence Williams was devastated when her 25-year marriage came to an abrupt end.
0:40.0	She describes her reactions to this stressful situation and how it can lead to an actual cardiac condition called takachubo.
0:48.0	Broken heart syndrome may be far more common than most doctors realize.
0:53.3	If you're having heart related symptoms,
0:55.4	it's important to tell your story.
0:57.6	Unless you do, the cardiologist may not realize
1:00.4	what stress you're under.
1:02.3	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, overcoming Broken Heart Syndrome. In the people's pharmacy health headlines, scientists continue to learn about the long-term consequences of COVID-19 infections.
1:23.0	The latest discovery is that even mild infections can result in brain changes.
1:28.5	This research relied on the data collected from the UK BioBank.
1:33.0	There were 785 participants who underwent MRI brain imaging and cognitive testing
1:39.0	before COVID.
1:41.0	Three years later, about half the volunteers had recovered from mild coronavirus infections.
1:47.0	Repeat MRI brain scans revealed modest brain shrinkage in certain anatomical regions. The orbitof frontal cortex is
1:55.9	responsible for the senses of smell and taste. The parahippocampel gyrus plays an
2:01.9	important role in memory. Both areas were smaller after COVID infection.
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