How do you advocate for your heart health?
Dr. Rose Marie Robertson, the Chief Science Officer at the American Heart Association, past-President at the American Heart Association from 2000-2001, and professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center talks with Todd Hartley from EmpowHer.com, the home for women's online health.
Sharing the American Heart Associations(AHA) heart health goals, advocating for women and their hearts, and explaining how the down economy affects the AHA, Dr. Robertson informs and enlightens in this new, insightful interview.
How your heart advocates for its health:
Did you know the first act of the heart is an act of loving self-kindness? Before the heart does anything, it takes oxygen depleted blood from the body, and pumps it to the lungs where the blood gets enriched with oxygen, then it pumps that fresh blood back to the heart, so it can feed itself before it feeds the rest of the body.
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Questions For Dr. Robertson:
1) Dr. Robertson, why is heart disease the No. 1 killer of women?
2) Go Red For Women is dedicated to building heart disease awareness among women. How can the women listening benefit from the Go Red For Women campaign?
3) Cardiovascular disease kills approximately 460,000 women each year, which is about one every minute. This means, during our conversation, 15 to 20 women will die. . . Dr. Robertson, as the Chief Science Officer of the American Heart Association what research is being done right now on heart health?
4) More women die of cardiovascular disease than the next five causes of death combined, including all forms of cancer. Dr. Robertson, what should all women do to advocate for their hearts while in the doctor’s office?
5) Research shows that women who “Go Red” are more likely to make healthy choices. What health choices should women make and how can they become "GO RED" women?
Rose-Marie Robertson, M.D.
Dr. Rose Marie Robertson is Chief Science Officer of the American Heart Association, was President of the AHA in 2000-2001 and is Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She received her BA from Manhattanville College and her MD from Harvard Medical School, where she created and directed the Vanderbilt Women’s Heart Institute. During her academic research career she has focused on autonomic cardiovascular control. She is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, a founding member of the American Autonomic Society, a founding member and past-President of the Association for Patient-Oriented Research, has served on numerous review and advisory committees for the NIH, the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the European Society of Cardiology. She currently chairs the RWJF's National Advisory Committee for the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Award, serves on the Selection Committee of the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ annual Prevention Awards, and co-chairs the AHIC’s Consumer Empowerment Workgroup. She was honored by the CDC in 2001 with its Partner in Public Health Award.
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