House Calls: Real Docs, Real Talk™

Live Chats with AHA Staff and Medical Experts on Topics Important to our Heart and Stroke Patients

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House Calls: Real Docs, Real Talk™ EN ESPAÑOL

El presentador del video de House Calls, el Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Director Médico de Prevención de la American Heart Association (Asociación Americana del Corazón), responderá en este video, a tus preguntas importantes sobre el control de tu salud cardíaca y cerebral para permitirte vivir una vida más larga y saludable.
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House Calls - Real Docs, Real Talk, logoWe at House Calls understand you have a lot to manage in your daily lives and want to make managing your heart and brain health easier. Whether you want to prevent or better your health, House Calls can address your questions with answers that will fit into your daily routine. American Heart Association House Calls host, Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Chief Medical Officer for Prevention, carefully reviews your question and offers science-backed advice on heart health habits and conditions, such as:

  • Diet, Nutrition and Healthy Eating
  • Sleep
  • Flu, Covid, and RSV
  • Importance of Learning CPR
  • Hypertension and High Blood Pressure
  • Heart Attack and Stroke Recovery
  • Diabetes
  • Heart Disease and Menopause and other Life Stages

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The link between sleep and brain health

Getting enough sleep is important to lowering your risk for heart disease, stroke, and other major health problems. Poor sleep can put you at higher risk for Alzheimer's disease, dementia, depression and anxiety, and memory issues. Find out more about how sleep affects your brain on House Calls: Real Docs, Real Talk.
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Why getting enough sleep is good for your brain

Good sleep improves your mood, focus, learning and memory. Poor sleep not only negatively affects brain function, but it can also put you at higher risk for brain related diseases such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, depression and anxiety and memory issues. Dr. Rebecca Gottesman, chief of the stroke branch at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, joins House Calls to talk more about the health risks of not getting enough sleep, and what to do about it.
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What is AFib? A doctor answers your atrial fibrillation questions.

Atrial fibrillation is a quivering or irregular heartbeat, that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. Here's what you should know about its symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
What are the Symptoms of Atrial Fibrillation?

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Get To Know House Calls Host Dr. Eduardo Sanchez

Meet Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, the American Heart Association's chief medical officer for prevention, and the host of the weekly YouTube program House Calls: Real Docs, Real Talk. Dr. Sanchez is a first generation U.S. citizen whose parents were born and raised in the Dominican Republic. He is a family practice doctor by training and the former director of the Texas State Health Department. On House Calls, Dr. Sanchez offers information about health issues and science-backed advice to help you live a longer healthier life.