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Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL000220A
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00:01 You know, people often say
00:03 that a number one killer of women is actually cancer. 00:09 But we have news for you today 00:10 because guess what? 00:11 The number one killer 00:12 of women is really heart disease. 00:15 Stay by. 00:50 Hi, welcome to Abundant Living. 00:52 I'm Curtis Eakins, the co-host and this is my wife... 00:56 Okay, wait a minute, now what-- 00:57 Honey, okay, what's the problem here? 00:59 I'm-- I'm, oh, hi. 01:00 Okay. This is kind of rude. 01:01 Okay. I was reading... 01:03 Oh, this is a fantastic book here and it's talking about... 01:06 Before you talk about what you're reading, 01:08 let me first introduce 01:09 that you may be share with all what you're reading. 01:12 So this is my wife Paula Eakins. 01:14 Hi. You say hi, okay. 01:16 Now, you are missing about heart disease 01:20 because, you know, 01:21 people have asked that question on the streets. 01:22 I know. 01:23 And for years they would say, 01:26 what do you think is the number one killer for women. 01:30 And about 30 years ago, 01:32 quite a few people would say breast cancer. 01:34 Absolutely. 01:35 All right, and so and then 30 years later 01:40 that number really hasn't dropped that much. 01:43 Some people still think it's breast cancer, 01:46 only other type of cancer, 01:48 but the number one killer is heart disease. 01:52 The second killer is not even close. 01:54 So now, you're reading something because. 01:57 Every month-- Every month... 01:59 Back in the month of February, 02:00 I guess you're trying to figure out 02:01 then it's called Go Red, 02:03 and that's because in the month of February, 02:06 we ask the women, United States women 02:08 to wear red in the month of February 02:10 which is called Go Red. 02:12 Now, I'm wearing red too. 02:13 I'm not the woman, so I try to represent. 02:15 You represent but the reason 02:17 why it's Go Red for women is because we're trying 02:20 to really make sure that women understand 02:22 that heart attack is the number one killer of women. 02:25 All right, and so there's some statistics 02:26 that actually been out here 02:27 and I know we're gonna show those 02:29 but it is talked about the fact of 1 in 3. 02:32 We're now at the point of 1 in 3. 02:34 One in three women. 02:35 One in three women will actually suffer 02:37 from some type of cardiovascular event. 02:39 Oh, okay. 02:40 And that's pretty heavy. 02:42 Okay, that's pretty heavy. 02:43 And so it says a lot of things in here. 02:45 I know we're going to be talking about that, 02:46 but I was just so intrigued 02:47 because number one is that 02:49 we're wearing red and to, you know, be a part of it. 02:52 And number two is that, 02:54 in Huntsville we actually did a whole program 02:57 called a Million Heart Conference. 02:58 And in Million Heart Conference, 03:00 it was amazing, 03:02 because it was a three day conference 03:03 and we ask people to come in and we talked about 03:06 cardiovascular health, heart disease. 03:08 We got into the whole thing about women with stroke 03:10 and heart attacks which is totally different 03:13 from a man, okay. 03:14 And the place was packed. 03:17 The first night they came from everywhere. 03:19 Community, the church members. 03:21 Our pastor was very, very surprised, 03:23 I mean we had over 150 some people, 03:25 they showed up on a very first evening. 03:27 Yeah, and what my wife 03:29 is talking about the Million Heart, 03:31 the Center for Disease Control 03:33 and also the National Institute of Health, 03:35 they combined together to launch 03:37 the Million Heart campaign. 03:38 This is a 7 year campaign 03:40 to reduce the amount of heart attacks and strokes 03:42 by 1 million by the year I think 2017. 03:46 So we are the Health Ministry Director 03:48 of South Central Conference. 03:51 Since we live in the middle of the stroke belt, 03:55 we thought it would be necessary 03:56 to be part of that national initiative 03:58 so we are now a national partner, 04:01 the Health Department of South Central Conference 04:03 and we want to emphasize awareness 04:06 of heart attacks and strokes. 04:08 And so the Million Heart is reason why they call it that 04:11 to reduce the amount of heart attacks and strokes 04:13 by 1 million in the 6 or 7 year period. 04:17 And so it was also my event 04:19 and for those who want to, after this program, 04:23 we'll give you the website right now. 04:25 We taped that event, the two day event 04:28 and you can go 04:29 to the South Central Conference website, 04:32 a Seventh-day Adventist, 04:34 and go click to the health ministry's page, 04:37 as you can see the two night event 04:39 that we videotaped for those two nights. 04:41 Yeah, and you said-- I said three, 04:43 and the reason why I said three nights 04:44 is because the first two nights 04:45 was actually cardiovascular stroke, heart attack 04:47 and then last night we showed a video 04:50 and it was absolutely a mind-boggling, 04:52 open your eyes kind of thing. 04:55 Now, on top of that 04:56 though we had a Million Heart Conference 04:57 and then just most recently we had a whole program 05:00 called Women's Wellness Week. 05:02 And Women's Wellness Week was every topic or hot topic 05:05 dealing with woman and their health, 05:06 and you know that stroke and heart attack 05:08 became a program as well. 05:10 Once again, standing room only lots of women came out 05:13 because it's-- we experience 05:16 heart attacks and strokes totally different from males. 05:20 As a matter of fact back in the day 05:22 that was all the ways back, 05:24 most of the research was done on men 05:26 and not on women. 05:27 And then the women's health initiative started up 05:30 out at Washington DC. 05:32 And they began doing a lot of research on women 05:34 and women's health on any topic 05:35 you could think about that dealt with women, 05:37 they did it and so of course heart disease 05:40 became a real big issue, 05:42 heart attacks and stroke and so. 05:44 They did books and recipes 05:46 and all kind of stuff dealing with it, 05:47 trying to make women more aware of what's going on. 05:50 Now, our program is entitled Go Red. 05:55 And so the book you're reading is the book Go Red. 05:58 Go Red. 05:59 On this website Go Red and go to that website 06:02 and get a lot of information about women and heart disease. 06:04 Now, let's go to our first graphic 06:06 because it gives about some statistics 06:08 and some numbers as far as the rate 06:11 of women dying from different diseases. 06:15 So let's go to our first graphic at this time 06:17 because these numbers are simple astounding. 06:19 The leading causes of death for woman. 06:23 Now, of course right up at the top 06:24 is heart disease is number one, 06:28 and then stroke is number two, 06:29 so between those two is almost half a million. 06:35 And then your lung cancer, 06:37 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, 06:40 and then breast cancer is at the bottom 06:42 of this list of 41,000. 06:44 So you see there that if you combine 06:47 number one and number two, 06:49 heart disease and stroke, 06:51 you're looking at almost a half million women dying 06:55 from cardiovascular events just from those right there. 06:59 And so therefore you can see that this is a topic 07:02 that is disproportionately more fatal for women than for men, 07:08 and a lot of women are simply misdiagnosed. 07:12 We'll talk about that later on as well so. 07:15 But now you have something else that you read. 07:17 Well, they had a couple of comments 07:19 that was being made in here and it was talking about, 07:20 it called it the five simple choices to make. 07:23 And one of course is that 07:24 of being empowered, know the facts. 07:27 You know, once again we just talked about the Go Red. 07:29 You can go online and get information 07:31 knowing those facts, the five facts about us 07:33 and heart disease and how we actually 07:35 have heart attacks and strokes different from that of men. 07:38 It also talked about knowing your numbers. 07:40 You know, the one thing that 07:41 I was surprised at the conferences, 07:43 both conference that we had, 07:44 the Women's Wellness Week as well as the Heart, 07:46 Million Heart Conference was that we asked the question, 07:49 how many of you in here know 07:51 your cholesterol scores, triglycerides scores, 07:54 your LDL, your HDL, 07:56 all those numbers that deal with the fat levels 07:58 and a lot of them did not know their numbers. 08:01 And then on top of that sometime they did the reading 08:04 and they found out their scores, 08:06 the overall cholesterol score, 08:07 we talked about that before heart disease 08:09 was very, very high. 08:10 But then I said you to go in 08:12 and see what is your triglyceride level, 08:13 your HDL, your LDL, the HDL, 08:16 high-density lipoprotein. 08:17 These are the good guys. 08:18 We want to have those numbers up high. 08:20 Back in the day they used to say 08:22 that those numbers were about, may be 30 you would be okay. 08:24 No, no, no, no, 08:26 now where we are looking at anything 50 and above, 08:28 okay, for the level. 08:29 And so this can be something 08:31 that can drive a women's numbers up. 08:33 She might be above the number where she is supposed to be, 08:35 but when you go inside the cholesterol 08:38 and look at those different numbers, 08:39 that's where the rubber meets the road. 08:41 Okay. 08:42 we also had and this is also a good critical thing to do 08:46 to if the peripheral arterial disease better known as PAD. 08:51 Where we went to... 08:54 Crestwood Hospital in Huntsville, 08:56 and they had a free screening of the PAD, 08:58 peripheral arterial disease. 09:00 They had a Doppler to deal 09:01 and put in a Doppler on our leg, 09:04 and the doctor came in, 09:05 and you can hear the blood flow through our veins, our legs. 09:09 He did on both of our legs and this doctor said 09:13 this is one of the best legs I have ever seen. 09:16 You guys must be walkers. 09:17 And of course we do walk, 09:19 but again it just tells you that 09:20 by walking on a consistent basis, 09:23 we increase our blood flow. 09:24 So he says, this is one of the best legs 09:27 he has ever seen. 09:29 He wasn't trying to heal me, 09:30 just talking from a medical standpoint. 09:31 No, no, no, no. 09:32 He said, actually it was both of us in the room. 09:34 Yeah, both of us were in the room together. 09:36 And then Curtis being a gentleman 09:37 that he is he said ladies first. 09:40 So he did my legs first, then he did your legs. 09:42 Then he said, this are the best legs 09:44 I've ever seen, I mean, I can't believe it. 09:46 Then he asked us we were walkers 09:47 and he questioned us, so which means 09:49 that's one of the other real key points 09:51 that is walking is another key point. 09:54 Because see one corporate or cardiovascular disease, 09:59 of course there are coronary arteries in the heart 10:01 is that if the arteries are bad in the leg, 10:04 if they're clogged up, all right, collocation, 10:08 therefore it could be more likely clog 10:11 in the coronary arteries in the heart as well. 10:15 So that's the indication. 10:16 If the legs are good, 10:18 arteries are good in the legs, good circulation, 10:20 more than likely there's a good circulation 10:22 in the coronary arteries and also the carotid artery 10:25 'cause every time the heart beats 10:27 20% of blood goes through 10:28 the carotid artery to the brain. 10:30 So therefore carotid artery is clogged 10:33 and of course you have a stroke 10:35 with arteries in the coronary arteries 10:37 that you have heart attack. 10:38 So if the legs are healthy, 10:40 it's a good indication the arteries in the heart 10:44 and the carotid artery is also healthy as well, 10:46 so this is a good way of determining 10:48 one's cardiovascular health. 10:50 One of thing is really good here too, Curtis, 10:52 and that is that in our community 10:54 they have the different health events 10:55 and stuff to come through 10:57 and of course by it's being a self supported ministry 10:59 which means we'll follow 1C3 11:01 and we eat from God's hand to our mouth, 11:04 so that means that when it comes to insurances 11:06 and stuff like that, we used to have a issue 11:08 because we did not have it at that time. 11:10 And so along with that when these different things 11:12 came in like the free screenings 11:14 that come into communities, 11:15 we were always there for free screening 11:17 and this one here, 11:18 it had to with the legs and veins, 11:19 it was a free screening so. 11:21 Check it out in your neighborhood. 11:22 Okay, now, what we're going to do first, people. 11:25 We really need to zero in on the symptoms 11:30 of heart attack and the symptoms 11:34 of a stroke for women not men, 11:39 for women because this is Go Red. 11:44 So our focus is on women and cardiovascular health. 11:49 Therefore the symptoms are not the same, 11:52 some are similar but then these symptoms 11:55 may not be as, you know, prevalent in men 11:59 but they are more prevalent in women. 12:00 So let's go to screen. 12:01 Let's look at some of the symptoms 12:02 that women can experience 12:03 as far as heart attack is concern. 12:06 All right, the warning signs. 12:08 Number one, now we all hear and see the, 12:11 you know, they typical 12:13 someone grabbing their chest, chest pain. 12:15 Okay, we get that men and women. 12:17 But what you may not know that women in particular 12:21 also experience or can experience 12:24 shortness of breath. 12:26 Folks, we are talking about weeks before a heart attack, 12:31 shortness of breath. 12:32 Sweating, nausea/vomiting. 12:36 Nausea, those who of course in United States 12:38 know about Rosie O' Donnell, 12:41 popular actor here who has been reported 12:43 to have nausea and vomiting, 12:45 regurgitation several weeks 12:48 before she had her heart attack in 2012. 12:51 So we're not talking about days 12:52 but sometimes weeks of nausea, of vomiting, fatigue. 12:57 Look at this, jaw and neck pain. 13:01 This is not typical in men, but it can be typical in women. 13:06 And what happens with the jaw pain and neck pain, 13:08 sometimes the heart... 13:10 does not give a signal that is stress, 13:14 therefore the pain irradiates into jaw and the neck. 13:19 This can be days even weeks before a heart attack. 13:24 I remember one cardiovascular doctor 13:27 mention that she had a patient that every time 13:30 she walked on treadmill, her jaw hurt. 13:34 When she got off the treadmill, the jaw stop hurting, 13:38 she went on treadmill again, the jaw hurt. 13:41 And lo and behold she says later on that woman 13:43 actually experienced a heart attack, so jaw pain. 13:46 And this is something that women simply overlook 13:50 that we need to understand 13:51 that this is one of the symptoms 13:53 of becoming a heart attack victim, 13:57 heart attacks and strokes, all right. 13:59 Now, I want to say something about strokes, 14:01 that's heart attack strokes. 14:03 Johns Hopkins they did a survey of over, 14:07 just over 1000 hospitals 14:11 incorporating about 187,000 patients 14:14 as far as strokes were concerned 14:17 not heart attacks but strokes. 14:19 They determined that two of the main symptoms 14:25 of a stroke, two symptoms 14:27 that most people misdiagnosed going to the ER, 14:31 they had dizziness and headaches. 14:35 And determine that some of those people 14:37 were turned away, send back home 14:40 because they thought, oh, she has a migraine 14:42 or just chronic fatigue syndrome 14:44 and within 7 days a lot of those people 14:48 actually had to stroke who were sent home misdiagnosed 14:53 and those two symptoms was dizziness and headache. 14:57 So those are also some symptoms of stroke as well, 15:01 because women's vessels are smaller than men. 15:04 So we need to be mindful that these symptoms 15:06 that we may not be mindful about once we know that 15:09 and beware of that that we should make 15:11 those rightful decisions right away. 15:13 Well, you know, sometimes, ladies, 15:14 we get so busy with stuff going on with our family 15:17 and our neighbors and running hither thither 15:19 and yon that even when things start up, 15:22 we just ignore it. 15:24 I've often heard a story that we will get to the point 15:26 where we get so sick until we don't even ask 15:30 anybody to take us to the hospital. 15:31 We just get in the car and go our self 15:33 have a heart attack of stroke on our way to the hospital. 15:36 So when things happen, 15:37 when you're feeling that stress, 15:39 when you're feeling that pain, 15:40 you're feeling the stuff in your jaw, 15:41 you know go to the hospital. 15:43 We also say dial 911 or get to the hospital 15:47 because that can actually save your life, you know. 15:49 And I think that whole thing of talking about 15:51 the different ways we experience 15:53 heart attacks and stroke is so key. 15:55 And of course, you know, more information, 15:56 now of course our show is so short, 15:58 but more information about Go Red is out there, 16:00 also the women's initiative is out there as well 16:04 and so what other things do can we talk about that 16:07 actually can help us here as well. 16:09 Well, there is one key thing that 16:11 we can talk about finishing up on this topic right here 16:14 when it comes to, particularly it comes to women is-- 16:17 Well, let's just go to the screen. 16:18 Let just talk about this. 16:20 I want to read this and we gonna expand 16:21 on this right here. 16:23 The Stress Factor! This is a Mayo Clinic. 16:26 This is profound ladies. 16:28 "Stress is the strongest risk factor 16:35 predicting future cardiac events." 16:39 Stress, now we can talk a whole program 16:42 just on stress itself. 16:44 Sometimes women do a lot of things 16:46 and too much on their plate, 16:48 not taking time off for themselves. 16:50 They're taking care of all the other family members 16:52 but themselves causes stress, 16:55 a lack of sleep, all these things impact 16:58 the central nervous system, the heart muscle, 17:02 therefore you got the symptoms. 17:03 If we're not aware of those symptoms 17:05 then sometime we just forget about 17:07 oh, I'm, just having a little headache 17:09 or little pain in the jaw, in the neck 17:11 and you know, eventually it may be a heart attack 17:16 or the dizziness, headache 17:17 or just a light, slight headache, 17:19 little dizziness little bit, may be it's vertical 17:22 because some ER doctors misdiagnose this as vertical. 17:27 Absolutely. 17:29 And sent the women home. 17:31 Some within 48 hours actually had a stroke, 17:35 so therefore we need to be mindful of that. 17:37 Well, it's lot we can talk about 17:38 on this subject once again too 17:40 'cause every subject can be almost hour or two hours long. 17:42 So if you want more information about that 17:44 like we said before you can gored.com.org. 17:47 And also you can get information 17:49 from the women's government 17:53 that has a whole slew of information 17:54 for women and women heart disease and also stroke. 17:57 There are certain names and numbers 17:59 we need to keep in our mind and if you're not feeling good, 18:02 don't just stay home please. 18:05 Dial 911, get somebody or get to the hospital. 18:10 You know, it's very, very, very touchy subject 18:13 but it's one that need to be talked about. 18:15 And we're going into the kitchen 18:16 because you know, one of the things 18:17 we talked about was high cholesterol 18:19 and all the kinds, so we'll go and taste some good food today. 18:22 We're gonna stir, do a stir fry, 18:24 mixed vegetable, get your paper and your pencil 18:26 and meet us in kitchen. |
Revised 2015-02-26