Facts of Medicine; Heart Disease

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Title:
Facts of Medicine; Heart Disease
Description:
We have no idea of the incidence or prevalence of heart disease in the US, but know that it is the leading cause of death in this country. In middle age, there are more male deaths from this group of diseases than female deaths; hence this is a serious problem. Question of interest: important to know why people (i.e. men) die of heart disease at age 40; more concerned about age than number of deaths, because we all have to die of something. The death rates (in middle aged men) because of heart disease higher in the United States than almost anywhere else in the world. This is probably due to environmental factors. Food? Diet? Lack of rest? We don't know which environmental factors are important. Learning about heart diseases and what to do about them in your family. Types of heart disease: Congenital heart disease; methods to correct defects, mainly surgery, are available. Rheumatic heart disease; can be prevented and treated with antibiotics; surgery for damaged heart valves. Hypertensive heart disease; at older ages, females die at higher rate; weight is a factor Coronary heart disease; highest death rate; complex causes. Heart failure; heart isn't able to pump sufficiently, blood backs up; can be treated. The following are not symptoms of heart disease and feeling them should not cause concern: palpitation - skipped beats Sighing Vague pain Great feelings of weakness Summary and select metadata for this record was submitted by Dr. Gerald Oppenheimer. In this opening episode, Dr. Rutstein discusses the leading cause of death in the United States today -- heart diseases, which in various forms attack different groups of our population. Using a model of the heart, Dr. Rutstein shows the way major heart diseases damage the organ, the symptoms of these diseases, and present methods of treatment for each of them. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) Dr. David Rutstein, professor of preventive medicine at Harvard University, is featured in this series of 16 half-hour episodes designed to present medical facts and to indicate the difference between what is fact and what is opinion concerning any timely health problem. Selecting medical topics of interest to the family audience, Dr. Rutstein discusses modern medicine in a conversational format with Parker Wheatley, general manager of WGBH-TV, Boston. The original 40-week series, from which these episodes were selected for national distribution, originated over WGBH-TV through a grant-in-aid to Harvard University and the Lowell Institute from the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston. This series was originally recorded on kinescope. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Author:
Rutstein, David
Author:
Wheatley, Parker, 1906-1999
Director:
Radar, Paul
Production company:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Host:
Rutstein, David
Host:
Wheatley, Parker, 1906-1999
Host:
Wheatley, Parker
Date:
May 3, 1959
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
Library of Congress
Collection (local):
American Archive of Public Broadcasting Collection
Series:
Library of Congress > Facts of Medicine
Subjects:
Cardiovascular Renal Diseases
Heart Disease--diagnosis
Rutstein, David
Wheatley, Parker, 1906-1999
Extent:
00:00:00
Link to Item:
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-6d5p843z3w
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Publisher:
Presented by the Harvard Medical Library and the WGBH Educational Foundation
Notes:
Episode Number: 1