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American Heart Association Go Red For Women · The iHeart SoCal Show

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  Speaker 1: Hi, as Lisa Fox, and this is the iHeart so
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  Speaker 1: Cal's show. Friday, February sixth is National where Red Day
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  Speaker 1: in honor of February Bean Heart Month. It's a time
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  Speaker 1: of the American Heart Association reminds us that even though
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  Speaker 1: heart disease remains our leading health threat, there's still so
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  Speaker 1: much that we can do to protect our hearts and
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  Speaker 1: encourage heart health. It's also an important reminder that heart
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  Speaker 1: disease is not just a quote unquote older person's issue.
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  Speaker 1: Can happen at any age, So that means that everyone
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  Speaker 1: should be paying attention to their heart health. And who
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  Speaker 1: better to tell us about it all than Betsy Heart.
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  Speaker 2: Hi Betsy, Hi, Lisa, how are you doing great?
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  Speaker 1: Of course, loving your last name Heart perfect for this conversation,
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  Speaker 1: but yeah. Betsy is the president and chief executive of
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  Speaker 1: Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, which is
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  Speaker 1: also celebrating it's one hundred year anniversary yay. She's also
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  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six chair of the American Heart Associations
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  Speaker 1: Go Red for Women movement and a board member of
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  Speaker 1: the American Heart Association. Betsy was also a former cardiac nurse,
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  Speaker 1: so she knows all about the burden of cardiovascular disease
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  Speaker 1: and women. So, Bessie, before we dive into today's topic,
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  Speaker 1: I know what you're second time sharing go Red for
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  Speaker 1: women in Los Angeles, but I remember having you on
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  Speaker 1: the show a while back when you first chaired the campaign.
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  Speaker 1: Why is this cause so aside from being a nurse,
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  Speaker 1: but why is this cause so personal to you?
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  Speaker 2: So, Lisa, I'd say, there's two reasons why I'm so
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  Speaker 2: deeply passionate about this cause. The first is my own
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  Speaker 2: family history with heart disease. My grandmother died from heart
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  Speaker 2: disease when I was in my twenties. By the time
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  Speaker 2: she sought care for her cardiac disease and her symptoms,
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  Speaker 2: she needed triple bypass and a valve replaced, and she
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  Speaker 2: died shortly thereafter her surgery. Really, yeah, she really really
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  Speaker 2: waited too long to seek care for her symptoms. I
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  Speaker 2: think the second reason stems from the first. We can
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  Speaker 2: help create awareness, which leads to prevention and live safe.
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  Speaker 2: As a bedside nurse at the time, I had a
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  Speaker 2: lot of guilt about not helping my grandmother get that
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  Speaker 2: care sooner, about not educating her. Sure, I have a
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  Speaker 2: real commitment to educating people on risk factors for cardiac
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  Speaker 2: disease and the methods of prevention. You know, as the
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  Speaker 2: CEO at Glenda Memorial Hospital, we have a fantastic group
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  Speaker 2: of cardiologists and hospital team members who are out there
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  Speaker 2: in the community educating the community on heart disease. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm very, very passionate about this cause and.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for that, Betsy. I got to say, I
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  Speaker 1: have a note in front of me. It says that
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  Speaker 1: there's some good news from the American Heart Association about
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  Speaker 1: heart health. According to the twenty twenty six Heart Disease
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  Speaker 1: and Stroke Statistics Update, deaths from heart disease are down,
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  Speaker 1: but heart disease is still the leading cause of death
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  Speaker 1: and has been for more than a century, and major
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  Speaker 1: risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity are
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  Speaker 1: on the rise.
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  Speaker 3: Can you break this down for.
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  Speaker 2: Us, sure, Lisa. So we've made real progress in the
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  Speaker 2: fight against heart disease thanks to medical advances and treatments.
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  Speaker 2: More people are living longer even with those heart conditions.
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  Speaker 2: But at the same time, the risk factors you mentioned,
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  Speaker 2: blood pressure, WIBE, the diabetes continue to increase. And it's
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  Speaker 2: really really about educating ourselves and making sure, for example,
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  Speaker 2: blood pressure, Half the adults in the US have high
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  Speaker 2: blood pressure and don't even know it because they're not
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  Speaker 2: out there monitoring their blood pressure. So making sure you're
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  Speaker 2: checking your blood pressure and knowing your risk factors. With
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  Speaker 2: obesity and being overweight, carrying that extra weight, especially around
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  Speaker 2: the belly area, increases your risk of heart disease. So
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  Speaker 2: small changes like moving a little bit more, making better
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  Speaker 2: food choices, which I know is hard, they make a
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  Speaker 2: real difference. Diabetes significantly raises the risk of heart disease,
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  Speaker 2: which is why it's really important to use your care
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  Speaker 2: team to manage your blood sugar and keep an eye
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  Speaker 2: on all of these risk factors. The awareness and prevention
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  Speaker 2: matters so much national where Red Day and Heart Month
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  Speaker 2: are an important reminder that heart disease is still our
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  Speaker 2: greatest health threat. But it's also a reminder that we
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  Speaker 2: are not powerless. American Heart Associatation says as much as
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  Speaker 2: eighty percent of heart and stroke disease is preventable. So
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  Speaker 2: paying attention to Wow, knowing, knowing our numbers, it's critical.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, knowing the numbers, that's that's a biggie. So can
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  Speaker 1: you touch on that too, Like knowing the numbers, So
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  Speaker 1: knowing what your your blood pressure numbers should be, right,
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  Speaker 1: go and get the machine. Go get a machine from
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  Speaker 1: CBS and you can, we have one at our house.
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  Speaker 1: So knowing what the numbers are supposed to be annoying,
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  Speaker 1: what your numbers are is key, and you can get
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  Speaker 1: a little medication. The boyfriend and I are both on
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of a cholesterol medication to keep the
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  Speaker 1: numbers you know where they're supposed to be, and sometimes
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  Speaker 1: you need medication to help mediate that.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but I think blood pressure, blood sugar, body mass index,
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  Speaker 2: and total cholesterol are really the numbers you want to
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  Speaker 2: keep an eye on.
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  Speaker 1: And you won't know your cholesterol numbers or maybe even
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  Speaker 1: your body mass index unless you right get can find
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  Speaker 1: it from the doctor, from the doctor for your correct ye.
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  Speaker 2: So really encouraging people to seek primary care visits and
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  Speaker 2: making sure they're checking in with their care team to
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  Speaker 2: get their numbers annually is critical.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, knowing your numbers is key. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: And for younger people who think that they're not at
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  Speaker 1: risk of heart disease, Hello, younger people, younger people, please,
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  Speaker 1: let's and this is super important and what's the biggest
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  Speaker 1: misconception that you see, Betsy about this And what's one
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  Speaker 1: step younger adults can take today to protect their heart
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  Speaker 1: health and get their heart health on track or make
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  Speaker 1: sure that their heart is healthy.
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  Speaker 2: So, I think we don't realize that what we do
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  Speaker 2: in our twenties and what we do in our thirties
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  Speaker 2: have an impact on how long and how well you're
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  Speaker 2: going to live. So making healthy choices early on puts
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  Speaker 2: you ahead of the curve. And I think even for
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  Speaker 2: younger children and teenagers, helping educate them to make those
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  Speaker 2: healthy choices too is important. It's not just a older
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  Speaker 2: person's disease. It does affect young people. A recent study
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  Speaker 2: published by American Heart Association Circulation Journals show that heart
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  Speaker 2: attacks are happening more often in young adults, especially women.
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  Speaker 1: So scary, right, gosh, And we don't want that to
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  Speaker 1: be happening. So again, I'm a fan of going to
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  Speaker 1: the doctor getting yourself checked out. But also you got
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  Speaker 1: to take care of you. So the more we're all moving,
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  Speaker 1: the more we're eating, you know, putting healthy good things
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  Speaker 1: in our bodies and moving in our bodies. That's the
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  Speaker 1: blood pumping the heart pumping. You know your numbers. You're
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  Speaker 1: educating yourself. You're kind of empowering yourself to take control
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  Speaker 1: of your own health, your heart health.
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  Speaker 3: And that's going to keep you around longer.
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  Speaker 2: Right absolutely. You know, American Heart Association talks about life's
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  Speaker 2: essential aid and they've kind of lined it out for
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  Speaker 2: us really nicely, eating healthier, moving more daily, staying away
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  Speaker 2: from tobacco products, of course, getting a good night's sleep.
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  Speaker 2: People don't realize the importance of rest, yeah, maintaining yeah,
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  Speaker 2: maintaining that healthy weight. And again the numbers, the blood pressure,
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  Speaker 2: blood sugar, cholesterol numbers. The other thing that's really important, Lisa,
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  Speaker 2: is that connection between the mind, heart and body. So
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  Speaker 2: factors and conditions and diseases that affect one component can
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  Speaker 2: affect the other two. So it's also important to take
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  Speaker 2: care of our mental well being, carving out that time
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  Speaker 2: for activities that make us feel good. For me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I really like to spend time with my little eight
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  Speaker 2: year old son. He keeps me active new stress. Whether
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  Speaker 2: we're out there like throwing the football or playing with
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  Speaker 2: our new little puppy or reading together. It's my calm
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  Speaker 2: time and I think it's really important for people to
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  Speaker 2: get out there and find their calm.
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  Speaker 3: I love that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, the weather, We've been so blessed with
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  Speaker 1: our quote unquote winter here. It's been beautiful. The weather's
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  Speaker 1: been so nice out this whole week. And what a
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  Speaker 1: great excuse to get back into the power walking. Get
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  Speaker 1: out there, grab your honey, grab anybody or just yourself
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  Speaker 1: and go for a beautiful power walk around the neighborhood,
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  Speaker 1: get your thoughts together, listen to a little music on iHeartRadio,
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  Speaker 1: and just kind of get out there.
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  Speaker 3: Just get write. Even twenty minutes a day. Twenty minutes
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  Speaker 3: a day, is that goond up?
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  Speaker 2: Get out there, get out there walk.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: As we know, heart disease affects both men and women,
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  Speaker 1: but women, yay, go through unique life stages that could
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  Speaker 1: increase our risk.
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  Speaker 3: My gosh, and I see menopause on this list. Oh boy.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll start We'll start with pregnancy. So, first of all,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of women go through pregnancy, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: less than half of women entering pregnancy in the United
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  Speaker 2: States have optimal cardiovascular health. High blood pressure, preclamsia, gestational
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  Speaker 2: diabetes really can increase your risk of cardio disease for
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  Speaker 2: both mom, me and actually baby, short term and later life,
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  Speaker 2: so privancy is a big stressor on a woman. And then,
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  Speaker 2: as you said, Lisa, menopause. I know heart disease risk factors.
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  Speaker 2: They rise for everyone as they age, but for women,
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  Speaker 2: the years leading up and after men pause are a
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  Speaker 2: critical time to care for our health. As we transition
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  Speaker 2: through menopause, they women experience a lot of changes. They
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  Speaker 2: produce less estrogen, they might get a little more belly fat,
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  Speaker 2: and their arderes become more vulnerable to disease. I think
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  Speaker 2: the other thing I'll just mention at this point about
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  Speaker 2: the difference between men and women is there's been a
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  Speaker 2: lot of research done on cardiovascular disease, but it's not
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  Speaker 2: necessarily been focused on the differences between men and women,
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  Speaker 2: and clinical trials really need to enroll more women and
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  Speaker 2: analyze the sex specific differences in the data. And American
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  Speaker 2: Heart Association is very much committed to that.
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  Speaker 3: Sure, that's interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, go RED is working to what is that gap
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  Speaker 2: on education support and resources including funding and research for women.
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  Speaker 1: I love that and also I think the differences too
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  Speaker 1: between men and women is it's harder to get the
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  Speaker 1: men to make the Gostarn doctor's appointments.
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  Speaker 3: Men.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I've had this conversation on the show before men.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard to get men to advocate for their own health.
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  Speaker 1: So as the woman in their life, we've got to
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  Speaker 1: crack the whip. And I'm always checking to make sure
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  Speaker 1: Eric has his appointments and that he's you know, he
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  Speaker 1: needs to get his valves checked. I mean, especially with
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  Speaker 1: the heart too, right, I mean I go four times
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  Speaker 1: year to cardiologists to do all this stuff right, to
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  Speaker 1: make sure my valves are working, make sure everything's flowing,
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  Speaker 1: everything's open, everything's working correctly. I mean, those are the
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  Speaker 1: kinds of things right after a certain age, you need
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  Speaker 1: to have all that stuff checked out as well.
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  Speaker 2: For sure, for sure, absolutely, Lisa, Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So when you think about a person having a
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  Speaker 1: heart attack, you envision usually like a man clutching.
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  Speaker 3: His chest, like, oh oh, I'm having a heart attack,
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  Speaker 3: clutching his chest.
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  Speaker 1: But women may have other symptoms that are more subtle
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  Speaker 1: and unusual. Because of this, women tend to dismiss their
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  Speaker 1: symptoms as as a reflux or the flu or normal aging.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it's kind of tricky.
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  Speaker 1: These symptoms are kind of comments or break that down Betsy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, of course. So like men, the most common symptom
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  Speaker 2: for women is kind of the chest pain or discomfort,
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  Speaker 2: but some women have upper back pain or they feel
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  Speaker 2: this pressure like squeezing or a rope being tied around them.
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  Speaker 2: They also have less typical symptoms. It might look like anxiety,
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  Speaker 2: shortness of breath, an upset stomach, pain in the shoulder,
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  Speaker 2: unusual tiredness, and weakness. The other thing is women are
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  Speaker 2: really tough, so sometimes they ignore those symptoms that they think, Oh,
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  Speaker 2: maybe it's just maybe I'm just anxious about this, and
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  Speaker 2: maybe my stomach's just upset from the dinner I had had.
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  Speaker 2: It's really important to be in tune to those signs
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  Speaker 2: and signals and reach out for help nine one one
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  Speaker 2: if you're having those signs and symptoms, or seek your
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  Speaker 2: primary care physician and make an appointment, and do not.
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  Speaker 1: Drive yourself to the hospital if you think you're having
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  Speaker 1: a heart attack, right you're supposed to be calling come
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  Speaker 1: on people one and again. If your body feels off,
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  Speaker 1: you know you better than anybody else. If you feel
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  Speaker 1: off or feel weird and you're not sure, you got
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  Speaker 1: a health insurance for a reason, so go to the doctor.
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  Speaker 1: Go get checked out, just to make sure. You never
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  Speaker 1: know sot right. Better safe than sorry. So okay, the
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  Speaker 1: American Heart Association estimates that eighty to ninety percent of
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  Speaker 1: cardiovascular diseases may be prevented.
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  Speaker 3: This is key.
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  Speaker 1: What are some steps, Betsy, that we can take to
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  Speaker 1: improve our heart health and be aware of all the
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  Speaker 1: ways we can be on top of this. I know
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  Speaker 1: we touch on a bunch, but just kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 1: recapping the things that we need to be paying attention
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  Speaker 1: to to be in charge of our own heart health.
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  Speaker 2: You know we've talked about it, Lisa. It's really knowing
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  Speaker 2: the numbers. So your blood pressure, your blood sugar, your cholesterol,
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  Speaker 2: your weight. Knowing those key health numbers helps determine the
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  Speaker 2: risk for heart disease, and you can make a change
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  Speaker 2: in those numbers. Keeping these numbers healthy can improve your
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  Speaker 2: heart and brain health. It's important to see your physician,
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  Speaker 2: your primary care physician at least once a year. You
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  Speaker 2: want your blood pressure less than one hundred and twenty
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  Speaker 2: over eighty. You know a normal blood sugar is lower
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  Speaker 2: than one hundred, it's fasting. Total cholesterol should be less
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  Speaker 2: than two hundred. So just making sure you're aware of
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  Speaker 2: what your cardiovascular numbers are is critical. The other thing
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  Speaker 2: is that you know we talked about my grandmother at
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  Speaker 2: the beginning of this call. Knowing your family history is important.
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  Speaker 2: Making sure you know you share those risks and that
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  Speaker 2: history with your doctor. Our genes can play a role
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  Speaker 2: in our heart help.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, And look, God forbid, you're around somebody or something
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  Speaker 1: happens and someone is having a heart attack, you are
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  Speaker 1: the first responder. You don't have to be trained or
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  Speaker 1: sortified in CPR to help save someone's life. In the
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  Speaker 1: American Heart's Decision does such a great job and making
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  Speaker 1: sure people know at the very least, you can just
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  Speaker 1: put your hand on someone's chest, on their heart and
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  Speaker 1: pump that baby. Pump it, pump it, pump it, keep
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  Speaker 1: it pumping until real help arrives, medical professionals arrive. But boy,
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  Speaker 1: those those crucial moments can be a game changer. And
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  Speaker 1: what's they say to do it to the beat of
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  Speaker 1: what's what?
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  Speaker 3: I mean? So many songs? What's the beat? What's the song?
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  Speaker 2: Stay and Alive?
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  Speaker 3: That's right, by the way.
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  Speaker 1: If you're younger and you don't know who the begs are,
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  Speaker 1: who sings Staying Alive? It's the classic and you should
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  Speaker 1: look look it up on the ihard it app and
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  Speaker 1: practice along.
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  Speaker 3: Touching my chest right now. Uh uh uh uh. Staying alive,
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  Speaker 3: staying alive.
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  Speaker 1: Keep that keep that heart pumping, keep that heart pumping
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  Speaker 1: your loved one, a stranger.
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  Speaker 3: Don't be afraid.
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  Speaker 1: Just get on it until you call nine one one
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  Speaker 1: from one hand and keep the heart pumping on the other.
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  Speaker 3: Don't be afraid. These are crucial moments.
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  Speaker 1: You could be keeping someone alive until the professionals get there.
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  Speaker 1: But if you do nothing, ooh, it could go south
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  Speaker 1: very fast. So it's called hands only CPR, and anyone
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  Speaker 1: can do it absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: That bystander CPR is so important. You know, three hundred
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  Speaker 2: and fifty thousand people in the United States suffer a
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  Speaker 2: cardiac arrest outside of the hospital each year. In a
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  Speaker 2: cardiac emergency, if you're around, you're the first responder until
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  Speaker 2: health arrives. You want to make sure someone is calling actively,
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  Speaker 2: calling nine to one one, and then you want to
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  Speaker 2: start pumping that chest. If you want to need the
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  Speaker 2: song in the back of your head to stay in alive,
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  Speaker 2: go for it. American Heart Association is doing a fantastic
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  Speaker 2: job educating people to buy standard CPR and what they
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  Speaker 2: can do to make a difference. You can double or
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  Speaker 2: triple a person's chance of survival by performing it immediately.
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  Speaker 3: That's meant see.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and you want to be that person. Don't be afraid,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'll tell you this. I know it's at
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  Speaker 1: a little different but still to life saving move. I
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  Speaker 1: was at the radio station and I took a sip
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  Speaker 1: of water wrong. I don't know what happened, but I
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  Speaker 1: completely cut off my airway.
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  Speaker 3: I could not breathe.
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  Speaker 1: I was choking, choking, and I could hear my colleague
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  Speaker 1: Valentine out in the hallway, and I knew, because you
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  Speaker 1: used to be a police officer, he would know what
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  Speaker 1: to do. And I went out there gagging and just
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  Speaker 1: like pointing in my throat in distress, and he immediately
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  Speaker 1: did the highly maneuver and oh, immediate relief.
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  Speaker 3: I had air right away, and I was so grateful.
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  Speaker 2: That's an amazing story. I'm knowing the Heimlich and bystander CPR,
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  Speaker 2: those are so critical when it's needed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And I'll just say the flip side of that
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  Speaker 1: is that I was able to return the favor.
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  Speaker 3: Now I had no fear.
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  Speaker 1: Now I know the Heimlich was easy and it worked
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  Speaker 1: and it saved my situation. So my boyfriend and I
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  Speaker 1: read a restaurant not too long ago, and he got excited.
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  Speaker 3: The food was really good.
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  Speaker 1: He ate a little too fast and he started making
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  Speaker 1: this really awful sound. Then he drank some water, which
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  Speaker 1: I think made it worse, and his face was so
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  Speaker 1: red and he just was suddenly just gasping, gasping for air.
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  Speaker 1: He left the restaurant to go into a private area,
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  Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my gosh, is he choking?
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  Speaker 3: Are you choking? And I had no fear because what
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  Speaker 3: Valentine did for me, I had no fear. I got
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  Speaker 3: right behind him and ugh, and out it all came.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm like, I'm going to say this person that
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  Speaker 1: I love and I having no fear was actually the
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  Speaker 1: only thing I would I'm grateful for because I knew
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  Speaker 1: it worked from the situation that happened to me.
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  Speaker 3: So I would just say that about CPR.
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  Speaker 1: Don't be afraid to help someone a stranger or a
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  Speaker 1: person that you love. Don't be afraid to do hands
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  Speaker 1: only CPR, because it could be a game changer and
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  Speaker 1: a life saver, and you can do it. I know
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  Speaker 1: you can. If I can, anyone can.
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  Speaker 2: I love that. I love that you had the knowledge,
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  Speaker 2: the courage, and the willingness to act. You know, being
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  Speaker 2: that not afraid person saved his life.
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  Speaker 1: And I just I would say, use that thinking in
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  Speaker 1: terms of CPR. I hope I'm never around anyone who
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: is seemingly having a heart attack, but you know what,
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: if they are, don't be afraid. Get your hand on
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  Speaker 1: that chest, run on that heart, do it to the song,
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  Speaker 1: and just keep it pumping until help arrives, and you
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  Speaker 1: will be oh boy, they'll be hugging you so hard
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  Speaker 1: later when it's all over and they're alive and their
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  Speaker 1: family will love you. Just don't be afraid to give
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  Speaker 1: it a shot.
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  Speaker 2: Right for sure, and for anyone. I mean. American Heart
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  Speaker 2: Association has a great video Demons if anyone wants to
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  Speaker 2: look it up. Heart dot org Flash Nation. It's fantastic
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  Speaker 2: and we want you.
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: To rock your red.
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  Speaker 1: Friday, February sixth is National Wear Red Day, Go Red
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  Speaker 1: for Women, spotlighting the importance of heart disease for all people,
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  Speaker 1: but especially women. It's our number one killer. Know your numbers,
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  Speaker 1: get educated on all that you need to do to
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  Speaker 1: stay around for you and for your loved ones. Take
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: control of your own heart health by knowing your numbers,
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: knowing your blood pressure numbers, your cholesterol numbers, your body
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  Speaker 1: mass index numbers, eating healthier, moving more daily, staying away
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  Speaker 1: from tobacco, getting good night sleep every day, which is
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: always a challenge, but you we gotta try. We got
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: to make that happen. Maintain a healthy weight and again,
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: keeping your blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol numbers and
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: a healthy range. And annual checkups with your doctor, regular doctor, cardiologists,
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: whatever you need to make sure it's all pomping and
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: feeling good. Betsy Heart, President and chief executive at Dignity
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  Speaker 1: Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, thank you so
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  Speaker 1: much for all that you do and on the board
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  Speaker 1: and share person of the American Heart Associations Go Red
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  Speaker 1: for Women movement. Find out all the information on the
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  Speaker 1: Haalfy the American Heart Association at go Red for Women
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  Speaker 1: dot org.
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  Speaker 3: Go Red for Women dot org. Betsy, thank you awesome,
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Lisa, thank you, thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Take care, Go Red