Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's the Real Estate Podcast brought to you by Ray White, the largest real estate and property group in Australasia. And welcome to another episode of the Real Estate Podcast available on iHeartRadio, also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast from. Well, it's a Monday, the 4th of April. I hope you had a great weekend.
If you're out house hunting, I hope that that didn't end in more frustration and tears for you because
Chapter 2: What are the challenges of buying a first home in today's market?
Let's face it, there has never been in the history of trying to buy that first home a more challenging time with obstacles for people to overcome the hurdles and to get to that position. And that's what it's all about, getting to that position of putting the key into the lock and turning it to walk through for the very first time into that home.
It's the main centre forecast with propertybuyer.com.au. And looking at the weather for Sydney, expecting a fine day of 28 degrees. Melbourne, a possible shower or two and expecting 21. Brisbane, morning possible rain with 29 degrees. And in Perth, expecting a cloudy one and 27 degrees.
Chapter 3: How can a heart health check prevent serious issues?
We feature market updates, interviews and trends. It's your real estate podcast for breakfast. Well, Shane Warne's state funeral took place last Wednesday evening at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was a fitting farewell to the cricketing legend.
And like so many people, I was shocked at the passing and immediately started to think of not only my health, but also some other friends of mine who probably have been lacking in the whole heart check. Nothing will drive home the point more than when a young ex-professional athlete dies of a heart attack. So I thought that it's a timely reminder to think about our hearts.
And if you haven't seen a GP for a checkup for a long time, now is going to be the perfect time to do it. across every state, city and town of Australia, The Real Estate Podcast. And joining us this morning is Dr Fiona Fu, who is a practicing cardiologist. Hey, thank you so much, Fiona, for coming on to The Real Estate Podcast.
Chapter 4: What are the traditional risk factors for heart disease?
Thank you for inviting me. And Shane Warne and also Rod Marsh, as I mentioned, it came as a great shock. But of course, it's happening every day to families up and down the country. It's highlighted because I think of how well we knew of Shane Warne and Rodney Marsh. And as someone who works in this space, do you think that the
Chapter 5: What non-traditional risk factors should women be aware of?
public falsely believes that professional athletes and in particular the exercise associated with sport affords people some sort of magic protection against heart attacks from ever happening in the first place. Yes, I think that that is very true.
And, you know, I think a lot of these young fit males and females, they think, oh, you know, I exercise, I'm healthy, I'm not going to have a heart attack. You know, if you ask a lot of these kind of middle-aged males or even like the younger fit males, when was the last time they went to the GP? You know, most of them would say they've never seen a GP.
And, you know, do they know their cholesterol?
Chapter 6: How does prolonged sitting affect cardiovascular health?
Do they know their blood pressure? Again, most of them wouldn't know. And so I think what it's highlighted is that even though you're young and fit and you have no symptoms, young fit males can have a heart attack because heart attacks can occur out of plaque that just suddenly ruptures and causes a heart attack.
And you don't know any of that, but 50%, more than 50% of heart attacks occur suddenly. So people don't get any kind of warning that they've got a problem until they have the heart attack. Yeah. And perhaps what are some of the most common causes of cardiovascular disease? So we talk about what we call traditional risk factors.
Chapter 7: What cardiovascular screening tests are available for early detection?
So the biggest traditional risk factors are things such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, and a strong family history of ischemic heart disease. So a family history of having heart attacks. And also as you get older. So men, as they get older, their risk increases. So do females, particularly after menopause. So those are what we call the traditional risk factors.
But then there are a lot of other what we call non-traditional risk factors. And I do a lot of women and heart disease. Women, for example, have a lot of other non-traditional risk factors.
Chapter 8: Can lifestyle changes reverse cardiovascular disease?
For Pregnancy complications if they've had diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy. People with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, they have an increased risk. And then even things such as like mental health disorders. So depression is a big risk factor for heart disease as well.
So there is a lot of what we call both traditional and non-traditional risk factors that increase your risk of a heart disease. Yeah, it's a good point that you raise as far as women are concerned because after a heart attack, and I didn't know this, women are at a greater risk of developing a blood clot that can cause another heart attack.
So women, when they have a heart attack and actually anyone who has a heart attack, they're at risk of having more heart attacks. So women particularly, unfortunately, do actually a bit worse than men in general after a heart attack. And that's because of a lot of things like delay in diagnosis. You know, they think it's a male disease.
So there's a whole lot of reasons why women do a lot worse than men after a heart attack. But actually, it's both men and women that are at increased risk of further heart attacks if you've had a heart attack.
And on the Real Estate Podcast, one of the big talking points with homes is the office and working from home, which has evolved and spectacularly gone mental during the pandemic, which means that a lot of us are sitting on our backsides for longer periods of time.
And I think it can be argued working from home, being self-employed especially, you might be sitting there longer than what you should be. Is that a bit of an issue that people should... really think about? Yeah, that is a, that is a big issue. So yeah, so prolonged sitting does increase your risk of cardiovascular disease.
And even if you do your, like your 30 minute exercise a day, you're still at increased risk if you've been sitting down for long periods of time.
So, you know, every 30 minutes you should be getting up, moving your legs around because definitely lots of data to show if you have a sedentary job, prolonged sitting increases your risk of cardiovascular disease, even if you exercise, you know, your half an hour at other times as well. Right, so that's some very good advice.
So you've heard it from the cardiovascular expert, and she is saying that you've got to get up and move out of that seat. And also, while I've got you there, there are very accurate cardiovascular screening tests that are available free to us that can detect early disease with preventative management.
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