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Heart disease is a leading cause of death in women , yet it is often thought of as a predominantly male disease. Dr Alain Bouchard, MD discusses with Nicole L. Lohr, MD,   Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease and Co-Director of the UAB Medicine Cardiovascular Institute 

Dr. Alain Bouchard and Dr. Martha Gulati delve into everything you ever wanted to know about primary prevention with this week's focus: Diabetes

Dr. Alain Bouchard and Dr. Martha Gulati delve into everything you ever wanted to know about primary prevention with this week's focus: Cholesterol

Dr. Alain Bouchard and Dr. Martha Gulati delve into everything you ever wanted to know about primary prevention with this week's focus: Hypertension

Does an aspirin a day keep the doctor away? Is alcohol good or bad for your cardiac health? In this week’s episode, Dr. Alain Bouchard and Dr. Martha Gulati delve into everything you ever wanted to know about primary prevention with this week's focus: Aspirin

THE RISING STAR: FACTOR XI, A PROMISING ANTICOAGULANT FOR THE FUTURE Featuring:  Michael Gibson M.S., M.D. - Chief Executive Officer, Baim Institute for Clinical Research Kenneth Mahaffey M.D. - Professor - Stanford, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine

Does an aspirin a day keep the doctor away? Is alcohol good or bad for your cardiac health? In this week’s episode, Dr. Alain Bouchard and Dr. Martha Gulati delve into everything you ever wanted to know about primary prevention with this week's focus: Prevention

Dr. Bouchard discusses " Familial Hypercholesterolemia" with Dr. Pradeep Natarajan from Harvard.

Arts in Health can involve artists trained to implement art to promote healing in healthcare and community settings. 

Dr. Bouchard discusses " Hypertension " with Dr. Suzanne Oparil, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Medicine. Professor of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology. Director, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program. Section Chief of Vascular Biology and Hypertension. Hypertension is a pervasive problem and affects nearly 50% of the US population including over 90 million adults with un...

Dr. Bouchard discusses " THE HDL CHOLESTEROL CONUNDRUM " with Dr. John J.P. Kastelein, M.D., Ph. D., FESC, Professor of Medicine, University of Amsterdam. The role of High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol in the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality has long been recognized.

Dr. Bouchard discusses " NON-STATIN THERAPIES FOR LDL CHOLESTEROL LOWERING " with Dr. John J.P. Kastelein, M.D., Ph. D., FESC, Professor of Medicine, University of Amsterdam. The role of statin in the treatment of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) has been well demonstrated to lower major cardiovascular events.

Dr. Bouchard discusses "LIPOPROTEIN (a), A BIOMARKER FOR STROKE" with Dr. Leslie Cho, Director of the Cleveland Clinic's Women's Cardiovascular Center. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Despite advances in lipid management, there remain significant risks of heart disease and stroke in patients treated with current therapies such...

Dr. Bouchard discusses "Regards" in the stroke belt with Dr. George Howard at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. "REGARDS” is an abbreviation for Reasons for Geographic And Racial Difference in Stroke. It is an observational study of risk factors for stroke in adults 45 years or older. It is co-sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Na...

This podcast was done in collaboration with Kimberly Kirklin, Director of UAB Arts In Medicine, and Dr Rachel Easterwood, a Hospitalist with Mount Sinai Health System in New York. Arts in Health is a diverse, multidisciplinary approach dedicated to improving health through arts.  The field integrates visual arts and design, musical, literary, and performing arts into healthcare and community setti...

Dr. Bouchard discusses the Leaky Mitral Valve with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Bouchard discusses the Leaky Aortic Valve with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

With the high prevalence of risk factors and cardiovascular disease in the US, looking at Statin vs Supplements appears well-timed. As physicians, we face the hurdle that overall patients are reluctant to take medicine and would rather take dietary supplements. 

Since its development in the 1970s, Doppler echocardiography has occupied a position of increasing importance in the assessment of patients with valvular heart disease. Continuous-wave and pulsed Doppler measurements, as well as color Doppler, have been used to monitor the progression of chronic valvular disease.

The Obesity pandemic is well established with >70% of US adults being overweight (BMI >25) or obese (BMI >30) or severely obese (BMI >40). Obesity contributes directly to cardiovascular risk factors, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, abnormal lipids, and sleep apnea. Obesity leads also to cardiovascular disease and cardiac mortality independently of other risk factors . Obesity...

Well, welcome to our podcast on the treatment of overweight and obesity. And with us today, we have a very distinguished professor of medicine department of nutritional sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dr. Timothy Garvey. About the Host Dr. Alain Bouchard is a clinical cardiologist at Cardiology Specialists of Birmingham, AL. He is a native of Quebec, Canada and trained in Inte...

What is chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy, or CAR T therapy? Dr. Alain Bouchard is joined by Dr. Amit Mehta, director of the lymphoma and CAR T programs at UAB, and Dr. Carrie Lenneman, a cardio-oncologist, in a discussion of this new form of immunotherapy to target cancer cells. Learn more about CAR T cell therapy here . About the Host Dr. Alain Bouchard is a clinical cardiologist at Cardi...

Surviving a heart attack is difficult enough, but for many patients, this is just the beginning of an often overlooked journey. Dr. Alain Bouchard discusses cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention with Dr. Chip Lavie, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention and Director of the Exercise Laboratories at the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute...

How can we treat prostate cancer while still protecting the heart? Dr. Alain Bouchard explores this subject with expert guests Dr. Michael Bivins, a urologist at Urology Centers of Alabama (UCA), Dr. Mollie deShazo, a medical oncologist at UCA Van Scott Cancer Center, and Dr. Carrie Lenneman, director of the Cardio-Onocology program at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Learn more about how...

Dr. Alain Bouchard discusses PTSD, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, in frontline hospital workers, a ripple effect of the pandemic with special guest Lyndsey Robinson. Lyndsey Robinson is a family emergency medicine nurse practitioner with experience in pediatric and women's health. She's also a former licensed counselor and therapist using yoga expertise for the treatment of mental he...