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Discussion thread: Cardiology is published! (Patreon)

Published:
2025-02-27 00:58:14
Imported:
2026-06

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**This episode is finished and posted, ready to hear! **

Let's get to the heart of it with CARDIOLOGY. The absolute legend Dr. Herman Taylor -- named a top physician by the American Heart Association -- made some time this past Saturday morning to chat about how your heart works, what can go wrong, and how to keep it healthy.

We cover everything from Grey's Anatomy terms to bad heart art and bedside stories. also, a nerve-wracking secret at the end. Did you listen yet? How is your cholesterol? And blood pressure?

From mine to yours,

Ward

Files

Cardiology (THE HEART) with Dr. Herman Taylor - alie ward

It beats. It throws blood. It breaks - but not if Dr. Herman Taylor can help it. He is a physician, professor and director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, and an absolute legend.

Comments

Katy

Okay, so the thing about music I really want to know is were the study participant's music preferences taken into account? Because to me, having to listen to music I dislike makes me so irritable and stressed (and that includes a LOT of music many people find pleasant and calming), and I get catharthis out of a lot of heavy music.

Hannah Gorrie

This was an amazing discussion, thank you all for turning it around so fast! I messaged all my group chats to add listening to slow music to our self care toolboxes! 😁

Matt Hirschl

I told my coworkers about the man that sang to his wife during a heart attack. So touching and inspiring.

Jaclyn and her cat Phil

I’m about halfway through the episode but wow, what a great listen! I’ve never been more aware of my body functions than while listening to this episode haha!

Katy

Oh, also the thing suggesting dentists take blood pressure - my dental hygienist told me they've had to send at least one patient to the ER when they came for a cleaning because of their gums - I think she said they were puffy and bleeding too easily, which is a sign of dangerously high blood pressure. (Apparently I'm live-tweeting this episode.)

T Noz

Listened while geocaching out in the desert getting some exercise. My dad died of congestive heart disease so I listened a couple of times to Dr Taylor’s suggestions about diet.

I was made in Canada

(In Canada), I have never had my blood pressure taken at the dentist's, but my niece just finished her Dental Hygiene diploma and they are (now) being trained to do it...

Alie Ward

i wanna try geocaching! Whats the best way to get into it?

Alie Ward

I love a live tweet. Also my hygienist asked if I had a blood disorder but turns out I was eating too many baby aspirin because I liked the taste and got headaches a lot

Alie Ward

Isnt it wild to know what all them parts are doing??

Alie Ward

Oh wonderful! Yeah last night was a 3am bedtime trying to finish in time!

Alie Ward

We linked some studies on our webpage!

Doug Paice

An awesome episode, and a subject close to my... well... heart (sorry). I was "lucky" enough to have been born with a coarctation (narrowing) of the aorta, and a bicuspid aortic valve, and a high Lipoprotein a. The first was corrected with surgery when I was 4, the second hasn't needed attention yet, and the lipoprotein a is a newly discovered one, it's genetic, but is a risk factor for heart disease. In terms of the genetic side of things, my mum, one of her sisters, and my older brother also have bicuspid valves; my older brother and a younger sister both have high lipoprotein a, but my mum doesn't, so we must have gotten that from dad, who died of a heart attack at 57 (just 3 years older than I am now). Anyway, because of the structural issues I've been seeing cardiologists for checkups all my life. It's worth getting things checked up early, particularly the Lipoprotein a, as it's purely determined by genetics, so you'll only ever need to get it done once.

Sunflower star

Such an interesting episode, although I have to admit it felt a little like reading WebMD -- WHAT IF that overwhelming feeling of things being wrong is due to an underlying heart issue, or that indigestion I had for a couple months last year, or that tension in my neck I associated with muscle soreness?! Lol--no particular history in my family though. I also wondered if too much exercise can elevate risk due to raised blood pressure and "wearing out" or enlarging the heart, and imagining those little platelets he described. But I have read that for some reason women's hormones make us LESS likely to have valve stiffening that can cause men heart attacks due to too much aerobic endurance training (like running marathons) which is so interesting. I don't know if local pharmacies still have those blood pressure checkers but I'll take a look. <3 <3 <3

Between Dumplings

I immediately copied the part of the transcript about breast cancer vs cardio deaths and said "dude, we should be telling everyone about this in February" (Dude is mgr of my health club.)

roni 💥

this episode was super dope, but was deeply unnerving to listen to while eating peanut m&ms for dinner. also yippee!! first time getting my name said on the pod 😎 (no good time to tell you this but my name is pronounced roni like macaroni)

Sunflower star

Ok So -- Update! I was able to google in my neighborhood and find a rite aid that has a blood pressure monitor listed as its in store services (WA state). So that's a thing you can do! =)

Katy

When I started ADHD meds, my doc wanted me to get my BP checked monthly. I hadn't seen one of those at a pharmacy in ages, but I picked up a small one from Rite Aid for like $30 with my FSA.

Paige McLachlan

There’s an official geocache app! You just type in your area and find them like that. When I did it for the first time last year, people would often leave little trinkets like stickers in the geocache box :)

Diana Staresinic-Deane

This was a really informative episode! I find myself wondering though... since we all die eventually... where is the line between heart failure as a preventable cause and heart failure as what inevitably happens? After my grandmother passed away and I listed heart failure as her cause of death in my medical records, my doctor wanted to talk about heart health (which is good) but also, dude, my grandmother was 92.

T Noz

The phone app @ Geocaching.com lets you browse for caches in an area by list or on a map. Uses the GPS receiver in your phone to Navigate to cache. A lot easier than downloading coords to a GPS receiver - the old way to play the game.

Amanda DuShane

This was a great episode. He was so generous and patient with all of the explanations, information, and advice. Alie, this was a great topic to get out there for folks to be aware of early in their lives particularly, but also for any life stage!

Ree McPee

My takeaways: stressing over the possibility of having heart disease is not helpful, just go see a doctor. Also, my denims have tiny robot nipples.

Adnil

So excited for this one. One of my favorite people is the one that introduced me to this podcast and this is almost exactly what he does for a living. He has made me very excited in healthcare and the reason I became a CNA. I can’t wait to listen to this one tomorrow morning.

Matt Ceccato

Thanks for asking Dr. Taylor about exercise! And for the record, "Ologies" is in my earholes many times when I am exercising (usually walking or on an elliptical)

Kelin Jackman

I could listen to him talk all day. Very soothing voice 😌 Thank you Alie for a wonderful podcast❤️

Dave

Now, I know baby aspirin look a bit like M&Ms, but "I like the taste of aspirin" is not a sentence I had on my bingo card for today...

King Donna

Help! The link for the zoom is not in the notes for today's episode and the episode isn't on Patreon and ... maybe i should just wait for the roll out to finish but THE LINK ISN'T THERE AND IT NEEDS TO BE EVERYWHERE

Raja

Really enjoyed this episode and I second what Kelin wrote about his voice being so soothing - good for the heart! Thank you for asking my question!! Really appreciate it! My cheese-loving self has been adjusting my vegetarian diet to way decrease my dairy intake to very, very little, but I'm struggling to cut the sweets! My cholesterol is not in a happy place. Anyway, thanks so much for asking him about it! Wishing good heart health to all!

Jackie G

This episode was so informative. I didn't realize how surface level my understanding of heart disease was until now.

Jackie G

I know it's beyond time for questions but maybe someone here can help me understand one more thing. Why do the troublesome plaques only appear in the arteries of the heart muscle? Do they appear elsewhere too to lower impact? Or maybe blood pressure is highest in the heart so that is where the worst damage is?

Diana Staresinic-Deane

My dad's autopsy revealed 90 percent blockage in an artery going to his brain, so they can be in other places, but I have no idea to what extent those plaques appear elsewhere or which ones can be fatal.

roni 💥

plaque buildups can appear in pretty much any artery in the body (they don’t typically form in veins, due to the pressure in arteries being much higher because the blood is coming directly from the heart) but its harmfulness is largely dependent on which body part/vital organ the blockage is in trajectory of. for example, if plaque builds up in the carotid artery (artery in our neck that brings blood to the brain) then blood flow to the brain can potentially be limited, which can cause issues. this principle applies to rest of the body—think of it as a fleshy traffic jam. the other dangers associated with plaque buildup are blood clots. if the plaque bursts, then your body will treat the site of the lesion it as it would any other wound, and it sends platelets over to clump together, which is what forms a blood clot. there are 2 main types of blood clots. the first is a thrombus, which is like a massive pileup on a freeway in the sense that it remains stationary and cuts off or restricts access to a particular area causing everything to get backed up, eventually cutting off circulation. the second type is an embolus, which is a clot that breaks loose and can travel elsewhere in the body and potentially cut off circulation once it reaches an area it can’t squeeze all the way through. sort of like when a large semi truck is cruising along just fine until it tries driving under a bridge that isn’t tall enough for the truck to drive under, and getting stuck.

Mari Golden

From a medical ethics nerd: please please please update the wording for the description of the transplant process. Once someone is declared dead via neurological criteria, they are dead. Full stop. Intubation and mechanical support for their bodies while awaiting the retrieval process does not mean they are alive. This is an area that can be difficult for those outside the medical world to understand, especially if they are trying to understand what is happening or has happened to a loved one. The language we use is so important. Thanks Alie ❤️

Emily Jeanne

I came on here to say this same exact thing, thank you Mari for this comment! As a pediatric icu doctor who treats children and families on both sides of this sensitive process, and who has been trained on what language to use and what language to avoid, I cannot stress the importance of this comment enough!

Andrea Burnett

This episode may have saved my life! I had been feeling "off" and was worried about my blood pressure. After I listened to it, I took my pressure and it was really high. Just booked an appointment for a heart scan and a consult for meds. Thank you, Alie and Dr. Taylor (from me and my heart)