Why Heart Disease Isn't Just About Your Heart - The Wellness Effect Podcast Episode 9
🎬 EPISODE 9: Why Heart Disease Isn’t Just About Your Heart | The Wellness Effect
Join us LIVE from Trinidad’s Caribbean Cardiac Society meeting for a groundbreaking conversation that will change how you think about cardiovascular health forever!
🔥 What You’ll Discover:
1. Why only 5-15% of cardiologists are women - and how this affects YOUR health outcomes
2. The shocking link between climate change and your risk of heart attack
3. How food industry marketing is literally programming your children for disease
4. Why “atypical” chest pain in women isn’t atypical at all
5. The real reason governments struggle to tackle lifestyle diseases
6. Simple policy changes that could save thousands of Caribbean lives
👩⚕️ Meet Our Expert Guests:
Dr. Dawn Scantebury: Interventional Cardiologist & UWI Senior Lecturer (Barbados)
Dr. Marilyn Lawrence-Wright: Head of Medicine, UWI Mona & President, Caribbean Cardiac Society (Jamaica)
🌟 Why This Episode Matters:
This isn’t your typical medical discussion. We’re exposing the hidden forces - from corporate boardrooms to government policies - that determine whether you’ll suffer a heart attack, stroke, or diabetes. Our Caribbean medical leaders reveal insider perspectives on healthcare disparities, industry influence, and the urgent need for systemic change.
💡 Take Action:
After watching, you’ll understand why individual willpower isn’t enough - and what we can collectively do about it.
#CardiovascularHealth #WellnessEffect #CaribbeanHealth #HeartDisease #HealthPolicy #ClimateHealth #WomenInMedicine #NCDs #HealthEquity #Trinidad
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Filmed live at the Caribbean Cardiac Society 38th Annual Meeting, Trinidad & Tobago
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