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Dr. Nieca Goldberg is a cardiologist and a nationally recognized pioneer in women’s heart health. Her New York City practice Total Heart Care focuses primarily on caring for women. Dr. Goldberg is Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of NYU Women’s Heart Program, the Co-Medical Director of the 92nd Street Y’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association’s “Go Red” campaign, an AHA volunteer for over 15 years and served as a board member in NYC. Previously she was the Chief of Women’s Cardiac Care at Lenox Hill Hospital.

Dr. Goldberg is the author of the award winning and highly acclaimed book Women Are Not Small Men, which is now updated and entitled The Women’s Healthy Heart Program – Lifesaving Strategies for Preventing and Healing Heart Disease, published by Ballantine Books.

Dr. Goldberg’s research and medical publications are concerned with cardiovascular disease in women, exercise imaging and exercise. She has appeared many times on The Today Show as well as The View, Good Morning America, The Early Show, and CBS Evening News. In addition she has been featured and interviewed by reporters from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fitness Magazine, and many others discussing women and heart disease. She serves on the Woman’s Day Editorial Advisory Board.

In our 3-22-07 interview, Dr. Goldberg discusses

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Dr. Debra Krummel discusses cardiovascular risk factors that have a greater impact on women, as well as the vicious cycle of obesity in women and the next generation. She describes recent research concerning the effects of maternal obesity on the baby. Dr. Krummel discusses a three-step program for the prevention of chronic disease.

Dr. Krummel is a nationally recognized expert on cardiovascular health. She is an Endowed Associate Professor and Millennium Scholar in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.

Her areas of expertise are women’s cardiovascular health, obesity prevention in postpartum women, and fetal origins of cardiovascular disease. Currently, she is studying the relation between maternal obesity and diet to inflammatory markers in African-American women.

Dr. Krummel has published more than 50 papers and abstracts and given over 100 presentations in several countries. She is the co-editor of 3 books including Nutrition and Women’s Health, and the author of 17 book chapters.

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Dr. Sung Lee discusses mind-body training and brain wellness training as they relate to overall health, cancer prevention and treatment, and prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. He describes the benefits of Dahn Yoga, the Brain Wave Vibration method, and Longevity Walking.

Dr. Sung Lee is a physician, educator, and researcher, focusing on promoting body and brain wellness training. He has conducted pilot studies of mind-body training for persons with breast cancer and Parkinson’s disease, and community-based research on the health benefits of mind-body training. Dr. Lee has studied the benefits of Longevity Walking, an innovative method designed to promote improved balance in the autonomic nervous system, specifically for older patients. His research has been published in the Journal of Internal General Medicine.

Dr. Lee is a former faculty member at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Secretary of the International Brain Education Association.

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