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Podcast: Building Your Foundation: A Functional Podcast
Episode: Heart Disease: Widening the Lens to Address America’s Leading Killer
Description: Despite billions of dollars spent annually on technological advances and treatment, heart disease remains the number one cause of death in the United States, claiming over 800,000 lives in 2018 alone. In this episode, based on insights from Dr. Nancy A. Palermo, we ask the uncomfortable but necessary question: Are we treating heart disease, or simply managing it?We explore why the conventional prevention model—focused narrowly on cholesterol and blood pressure—is failing to improve outcomes, noting that up to 50% of heart attack victims actually have "normal" cholesterol levels. Dr. Palermo argues for "widening the lens" to include a br...