Dr. Karol Watson: Access to Life-Saving Resources, Food and Heart Health

Dr. Karol Watson is a Professor and the Director of UCLA Women’s Cardiovascular Health Center and the UCLA-Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Health Program. Dr. Watson sits down with Amanda Daniels to discuss socio-economic and demographic factors affecting people with heart disease, doctor-patient relationships, and the correlation between food and heart health.
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - Reason Dr. Watson got into the field of women with heart disease
01:35 - Race and heart disease
02:25 - Why heart disease affects people of color disproportionately
03:05 - Ways to access life-saving information about heart disease
03:47 - Importance of functional doctor-patient relationship
05:10 - Correlation between food and heart disease prevention
06:15 - Episode highlights