Sex, Drugs + Rock N’ Roll
no, you haven't stumbled on to a hippie blog or hang out spot. This is the title of our 14th annual Healthy Heart Day, Saturday April 7th, 2018. We will indeed discuss the impact of heart disease and the medications used in heart patients and how it can affect sexual function. Sometimes people are reluctant to discuss these things openly or freely with their health care providers so this is your opportunity to hear the facts from world renowned celebrity CBC health spokesman, Dr. Peter Lin. He will also address the effects of drugs like marijuana and vaping/e-cigarettes on heart disease. We are also honoured to welcome back to the event Dr. David Alter from the University of Toronto, a world renowned cardiac exercise rehabilitation researcher who is also an accomplished musician and composer. He will demonstrate how we can incorporate music to re-synchronize our hearts and will also show us how Rock and Roll is not just for the teenagers but can help all of our hearts stay younger and healthier. They will join a team of cardiovascular nurse specialists, dietitians, kinesiologists, and personal trainers giving us all practical but effective guides for leading a healthier life. It should be an empowering day. I hope you will join me. This is the 14th year that the Cambridge Cardiac Care Centre has hosted this event. So, let's see how far we have come in these years, what progress we have made and what still needs to be done. We have come so far, learned a lot and changed many things. The more we study heart disease, the more we realize that much of this illness is under our control. In fact, as much as 90% of the risk of heart attacks and strokes can be reduced. That is an incredible number, wow! But how? There sure have been great breakthroughs, new pacemakers, new defibrillators, stents, valves replaced through catheters and not requiring open heart surgeries as well as enormous progress in medications for cholesterol, heart failure and safer blood thinners. Is it all about new technologies and new pharmaceutical innovations? Is that the key to the 90%? Can we do something for ourselves? In fact, most of the 90% of modifiable cardiac risk comes from changes in personal lifestyle. More physical activity, healthier food choices, stress management, yoga and meditation can all play an important role in preventing heart problems. But what does it mean to eat better? How do we eat the right nutrients but avoid the bad stuff? Join us as our keynote speaker, dietitian Lisa Cianfrini, gives her address on “Diet Confidential: the trade secrets that dietitians know and how it can help your heart stay healthy” How about exercise? How much is enough and what is the best exercise for our hearts? And in our busy lives, trying to make ends meet, how do we do all this and still manage stress and anxiety? How can we do all this practically? Come listen to our other speakers tell us how to live healthily in the modern world!