VDF HealthCasts Continue

The Vascular Disease Foundation is proud to continue its audio HealthCasts that cover all aspects of vascular disease. Our guests are the leading scientific and clinical experts in their respective fields.

HealthCasts are hosted by Dr. David Meyerson and produced by Dr. Kerry Stewart. Dr. Meyerson is a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins and a scientific advisor to VDF. Dr. Stewart is a Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins and a member of the VDF Board of Directors.

The newest Healthcasts episodes include:
Episode 9: A Discussion of the Key Messages about Vascular Disease from 2006
Drs. David Meyerson and Kerry Stewart discuss the process of atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of peripheral arterial disease, and how it is closely related to heart disease and carotid artery disease.

Episode 10: Stroke Identification and Action to be Taken
Drs. David Meyerson and Kerry Stewart discuss the signs and symptoms of stroke.

Episode 11: Deep Vein Thrombosis
Dr. Robert McLafferty is Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. He is also a vascular surgeon and a member of the VDF Board of Directors, representing the American Venous Forum. They discuss the issue of deep vein thrombosis, or DVT.

Episode 12: More about Deep Vein Thrombosis
Dr. Robert McLafferty continues a discussion about DVT, including risk factors diagnosis, signs and symptoms that are possible warnings for DVT, and treatments.

HealthCasts may be found on VDF's Web site at www.vdf.org/resources or at iTunes, Feedburner, Yahoo, and other sites. Listening instructions and a complete description of each episode may be found on VDF's Web site. Our continued thanks go to hosts Dr. David Meyerson and Dr. Kerry Stewart for volunteering their time and energy to the creation and production of these informative HealthCasts.

Listen at www.vdf.org