The Health Exchange
The Health Exchange
Podcast Description
The Health Exchange delivers sharp medical insights with humor and lively conversations featuring celebrities, survivors, and expert guests. Each week, our host Dr. Jamie Rutland, pulmonologist, breaks down complex health topics, making them approachable, engaging, and fun!Sponsored by Sanofi; Sanofi and Regeneron through an unrestricted educational grant.
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The show covers a range of health-related themes, including complex medical conditions, mental health, health insurance challenges, and nutrition. Specific episodes like 'Is It AFib?' delve into heart health, while 'Losing a Patient' tackles the emotional aspects of being a physician. The podcast also addresses societal health issues, such as the 'Navigating Wildfire Health Hazards' episode, which discusses air quality during wildfires.
The Health Exchange delivers sharp medical insights with humor and lively conversations featuring celebrities, survivors, and expert guests. Each week, our host Dr. Jamie Rutland, a pulmonologist, breaks down complex health topics, making them approachable, engaging, and fun!
Sponsored by Sanofi; Sanofi and Regeneron through an unrestricted educational grant.
Episode 54 of The Health Exchange Podcast features interventional cardiologist Priya Rao Kothapalli in a wide‑ranging conversation about what really determines heart health — from emergency procedures that save lives in minutes to the invisible forces that shape disease over decades. Dr. Rutland and Dr. Rao explore how heart attacks happen, how blocked arteries and faulty valves are treated in the cath lab, and why technologies like transcatheter valve replacement and intravascular imaging have transformed modern cardiology. They also dive into the concept of “vulnerable plaque,” showing why heart attacks often come from hidden inflammation rather than obvious blockages, and how new blood markers and cardiac imaging can identify risk long before symptoms appear. Beyond procedures and lab values, the episode emphasizes prevention, stress, genetics, and personalized care — reframing heart disease not just as a plumbing problem, but as a lifelong, whole‑body process shaped by biology, environment, and how people live.
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