RCSI MyHealth Series: Cardiovascular disease in women - risk factors, prevention and supports

The fifth episode in the 2023/2024 RCSI MyHealth Series, will focus on the topic of Cardiovascular disease in women - risk factors, prevention and supports. As part of this discussion, the panel will raise awareness around the key risk factors for heart health, in particular, how menopause affects women’s risk of heart disease, the role of lifestyle medicine in prevention, and specific supports available around maintaining good cardiac health and preventing cardiovascular disease.
This episode will be chaired by Dr Sarah Barry, Director of Academic Programmes, Senior Lecturer, School of Population Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Panelists include:
Professor Robert Byrne, Director of Cardiology at the Mater Private Hospital, Dublin and Chair of Cardiovascular Research, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Dr Robert Kelly, Senior Lecturer, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Consultant Cardiology & Lifestyle Medicine, Beacon Hospital Dublin
Dr Una O’Neill, General Practitioner, Mercer’s Medical Centre and GP trainer on the RCSI GP Training Programme
Additional recommended resources and links can be found on the RCSI website www.rcsi.com/myhealthlectures
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A playlist of all the recordings from the previous RCSI MyHealth Series 2020/2021 can be viewed here: czcams.com/users/pl...
The series explores a wide range of areas in health and well-being and brings together some of the leading healthcare experts in these fields, with the goal of empowering people with the knowledge to make informed decisions about their own health and well-being.  
This year the RCSI MyHealth Series is supported by Fleming Medical, an Irish owned family business with 35 years’ experience working with pharmacy and healthcare professionals. 
  
RCSI is committed to improving human health and we are ranked first in the world in the Times Higher University Impact Rankings for our impact on global health and wellbeing. 
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