Preventative Health

Cardiovascular Health and Women: This podcast is hosted by Dr Shivi Rayar where she interviews Dr Fiona Foo, a cardiologist from Sydney Cardiology. The podcast focuses on women and cardiovascular (heart) health from 18yrs onwards discussing risk factors for heart disease, the impact of pregnancy and menopause on heart disease and lifestyle measures to prevent heart disease.

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Omega Fatty Acids:

This podcast involves a short summary of the Omega fatty acids and how to incorporate healthy Omega 3's into your diet on a regular basis.

Resources:

1. The UltraMind Solution. Mark Hyman. Pg 771-772.

2. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: http://www.pcrm.org/health/health-topics/essential-fatty-acids

3. Becoming Vegan: Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina. Pg 148-157. 2013. Summertown, Tennessee.

Note:This information is general and may not apply to you or another person. If you have any concerns about your health or the health and wellbeing of a child, consult a doctor or other healthcare professional. You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice or discontinue medical treatment because of information on this website/podcast/blog.

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This podcast involves a summary of information by Dr Shivi Rayar regarding the management of hypertension from lifestyle based preventative measures.

Resources:

1. Heart Foundation: Guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in adults: 2016: https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/images/uploads/publications/PRO-167_Hypertension-guideline-2016_WEB.pdf
2. Australian Dietary Guidelines: Eat for health: 2013: Australian Government: National Health and Medical Research Council: Department of health and ageing: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/file/publications/n55_australian_dietary_guidelines1.pdf
3. Physicians Committee for responsible medicine: http://www.pcrm.org/health/health-topics/high-blood-pressure-hypertension

Note: This information is general and may not apply to you or another person. If you have any concerns about your health or the health and wellbeing of a child, consult a doctor or other healthcare professional. You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice or discontinue medical treatment because of information on this podcast. 

In order to comply with the regulations of the medical board of Australia, please do not leave any comments/testimonials encouraging the use of these medical services.

This podcast involves a short summary by Dr Shivi Rayar of some of the main points on tiredness based on chapter 75 on tiredness/fatigue from the book: John Murtagh's general practice (5th edition). Pg 791-797 covering various causes of tiredness and assessment/investigations that can be done by a general practitioner to help identify these causes.

Note: This information is general and may not apply to you or another person. If you have any concerns about your health or the health and wellbeing of a child, consult a doctor or other healthcare professional. You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice or discontinue medical treatment because of information on this website/podcast

This podcast involves a brief summary by Dr Shivi Rayar of some of the important information on sleep from the Centre for Clinical Interventions website. It covers the importance of sleep, symptoms of poor sleep and tips to improve sleep. The podcast is based on the resource: Centre for Clinical Interventions at website: cci.health.wa.gov.au.

Note: This information is general and may not apply to you or another person. If you have any concerns about your health or the health and wellbeing of a child, consult a doctor or other healthcare professional. You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice or discontinue medical treatment because of information on this website/podcast/blog.

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Alzheimer's Disease:

This podcast involves a summary by Dr Shivi Rayar on the very informative and interesting article "Dietary and lifestyle guidelines for the prevention of Alzheimer's Disease from the Journal "Neurobiology of Aging 35 (2014): S74-S78". The podcast covers a summary of the 7 main guidelines (from the article) suggested at the International conference on Nutrition and the Brain, Washington DC to prevent Alzheimer's Disease. Authors of this article: Barnard N, Bush A, Ceccarelli A, Cooper J, de Jager C, Erickson KI, Fraser G, Kesler S, Levin S, Lucey B, Morris M and Squitti R. 

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This podcast is hosted by Dr Shivi Rayar where she interviews Karen Coburn a women’s health physiotherapist who works at Active Health Physiotherapy in Lesmurdie, on health issues surrounding the pelvic floor.  This podcast focuses on issues that women face when the pelvic floor does not function optimally (incontinence, prolapse and dyspareunia) and how this can be addressed.

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This podcast is hosted by Dr Shivi Rayar where she interviews Dr Johan Janssen a cardiologist who works at Western Cardiology, on preventative advice for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The podcast covers various areas such as the Mediterranean diet and impact on CVD, how cardiovascular health affects the brain, supplements (such as probiotics, omega 3's), impact of alcohol on CV health and discussion on vegetarian/vegan diets.

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Nutrition:

This podcast is hosted by Dr Shivi Rayar where she interviews Glenn Cardwell, an advanced accredited practising dietician on nutrition, various diets, impact of foods containing processed vs natural sugars, blue zone areas of the world, mushrooms and guilt free eating.

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Depression

This podcast covers some of the signs of depression, causes (physiological and psychological) as well as strategies to manage depression.

Resource part of podcast is based on: centre for clinical  intervention: http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au

Note: This information is general and may not apply to you or another person. If you have any concerns about your health or the health and wellbeing of a child, consult a doctor or other healthcare professional. You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice or discontinue medical treatment because of information on this website/podcast/blog

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