Cocoa Pods

Podcast - Cocoa Pods Series: A feature of the BCFND Foundation Maternal Mortality Reduction Academy We discuss all issues relating to maternal mortal…
Mar 31st, 2022 | 48:04

Sleep! Too little hurts, much snoring sucks !

Dr Barbara Hutchinson Owner/ Managing Partner, Chesapeake Cardiac Care Dr Barbara Hutchinson, M.D., Ph.D., FACC sleep talks A renowned cardiologist, one of the Top 50 Women to watch in Maryland, for more than 15 years, she and her team have treated patients with high quality and compassionate cardiac and sleep care. A Ph.D. holder in Cardiovascular Pharmacology and one of the few doctors in the United States who is doubly board certified in both cardiovascular disease and sleep medicine, Dr Hutchinson explains sleep issues in this episode She starts with her very own social media #heartfacts explain diagnostic testing like a trans thoracic ultrasound of the heart and the reasons you have to practically “swallow” an ultrasonics probe. She then delves deep into sleep Do we ever wonder about the correct amount of sleep we need each night -and how a sleep tracker (wait a minute what is that) might help And in pregnancy and for us all in fact what are the best sleeping positions And of timing are you listening to this podcast at at time that is past your bedtime, what keeps you up at night ? She takes is through the spectrum of sleep disorders and awakens our senses to some hard core facts about not sleeping enough With complete mastery of the topics at hand she gives a very important piece of advise to up and coming students # insomnia #snoring #HeartFacts: and explain you are made to swallow an ultrasonics prove in some diagnostic testing #Transthoracicechocardiograms (#TTE), #Xanax #ambien # heart failure