The Diabetes-Heart Disease Connection
The Diabetes-Heart Disease Connection
Steps you can take to manage diabetes and also help protect your heart. Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/inde…
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2.73 -> [Music]
7.55 -> hi I'm Joan Lunden diabetes is a chronic
11.13 -> disease which can be managed by keeping
14.13 -> close tabs on glucose levels what many
16.77 -> people don't know is that two of the
18.84 -> most harmful complications of diabetes
20.49 -> or heart disease and stroke both deadly
23.76 -> conditions joining me now is dr. Ann
26.609 -> Albright director of the CDC's division
29.07 -> of diabetes translation and dr. Valentin
32.399 -> Foster the director of Mount Sinai heart
34.95 -> and physician in chief of the Mount
37.35 -> Sinai Hospital in New York City and it's
39.36 -> good to have both of you here I want to
41.879 -> know about this connection how does
43.62 -> diabetes lead to heart disease
45.75 -> well the heart has three functions the
48.6 -> one is to pump blood the second is to
51.3 -> have a rhythm so it's an electrical
53.52 -> system in the third in its oxygen to
56.879 -> have these two properties the products
59.609 -> of a high blood sugar affect the three
61.859 -> properties Wow so everything that keeps
63.899 -> that heart going is all affected by
65.519 -> diabetes and certain people are at
67.59 -> higher risk of this right people with
69.689 -> diabetes and pre-diabetes are at higher
71.58 -> risk for heart attack and stroke it
73.229 -> turns out women are 40 percent more
75.03 -> likely than men to have heart disease
76.77 -> and people will 65 and older at 70
79.89 -> percent are likely to die from some form
81.63 -> of heart disease for all the people out
83.25 -> there who are living with diabetes but
85.35 -> not really thinking about their heart
87.39 -> what do you say
89.04 -> bad news they should think about the
91.259 -> heart since the number one killer in
93.63 -> diabetes is the heart is heart disease
95.79 -> and the question is what to do you have
98.729 -> to look at all the risk factors that
100.17 -> lead to heart disease are two mechanical
102.6 -> or visiting high blood pressure two
104.34 -> chemical the diabetes in high
106.59 -> cholestoral to be several 403b several
109.77 -> rather smoking lack of exercise
112.61 -> important nutrition and so what's your
115.38 -> advice to help people kind of manage
118.11 -> these things to eat healthy to get more
121.11 -> activity take your medications as
123.27 -> prescribed and see your healthcare
125.28 -> professionals for those important tests
126.719 -> and exams and really stick with it
128.849 -> alright thank you both such important
131.7 -> information and to learn more about
133.56 -> diabetes visit cdc.gov/tips pon surd by
142.8 -> NACD D with support from the Centers for
145.11 -> Disease Control and Prevention visit CDC
147.989 -> comm BT's TV
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Kv9W62CSk