SXSW 2024
How to Stop Dying of Heart Disease - The Number 1 Killer
Description:
Meet the doctors at the forefront of the fight against humanities' Number One Killer by far: atherosclerotic heart disease.
Our panel covers the science, policy, innovation, and individual lifestyles that could save humanity from this fate. We will feature the three most globally-renowned heart health experts who shape public discourse in very different ways: Dr. Michael Greger (NYT best-selling author of How Not to Die and founder of NutritionFacts), Dr. Dan Soffer (President of the National Lipids Association), and Dr. Martha Gulati (President, American Society for Preventive Cardiology).
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Takeaways
- Heart disease can be nearly entirely prevented through lifestyle changes, especially controlling diet, exercise, and stress/social connectedness.
- Right now, most doctors do not know the right markers to track heart disease risk or correct diets/exercise for individuals to prevent disease.
- Heart disease starts early, in our twenties; So to stop the disease from impacting ourselves and our families, we must act now - our panel knows how!
Speakers
- Michael Greger, Medical Doctor, Founder, Director, CEO, nutritionfacts.org
- Martha Gulati, President, American Society for Preventive Cardiology; Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center; Preventive and Cardiac Rehabilitation Center Smidt Heart Institute
- Daniel Soffer, President, National Lipids Association
- Norrisa Haynes, Professor; Affiliated Faculty, Global Medical Education Network Inc ; Yale University School of Medicine; Yale Institute for Global Health
Organizer
Cooper Galvin, Ceo, Endless Health
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