dr. john phillips

Mindset is medicine for both the physician and patient. Medicine already recognizes the persuasive power of beliefs. The use of placebos is a great example of that. But it's much more than that, especially with chronic, painful vascular ailments such as peripheral artery disease (P.A.D.), which is restricted blood flow in mainly the leg arteries due to plaque build-up. Patients with P.A.D. feel at times as though a tourniquet is wrapped tightly around their legs when they walk. Sometimes the leg pain and cramping wake them up at night. Dr. Paramjit Romi Chopra joins hosts Kym McNicholas and Dr. John Phillips to talk about the powerful combination of science and spirituality to help patients and physicians persevere in challenging life and limb-saving situations.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When your physician says "Walking is the best medicine" for treating Peripheral Artery Disease (P.A.D.), they're right. P.A.D. is defined by a narrowing of the arteries, mainly in the legs, due to plaque build-up. When flow is
restricted, muscles, organs, and tissue are starved of critical nutrients, including oxygen. This may cause symptoms, such as leg pain and cramping when walking (claudication). Even worse, it could prevent the healing of sores on your feet, leading to ischemia, meaning tissue loss. Wounds need oxygen to heal. Your body does have a back-up system. It's the collateral network, known as your body's "natural bypass." During this episode, hosts Kym McNicholas and Dr. John Phillips talk to Interventional Radiologist Dr. Lorenzo Patrone, 2022 European Patient
Champion and 2020 Global Vascular Doctor of the Year, about why walking is the best medicine for peripheral artery disease and other circulation issues. Mass General Hospital Vascular Surgeon Dr. Anahita Dua also shares
how to walk effectively to wake up and grow your collateral network to help improve circulation without intervention. In the third segment, a P.A.D. patient shares how he had a second opinion from First Coast Cardiovascular Institute Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Yazan Khatab, who saved his leg after his previous physician told him amputation was the only option because he would make more money versus performing multiple angiograms. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chronic physical illness can lead to depression and anxiety, resulting in a mental health crisis which can further jeopardize a patient's health. Kym McNicholas and Dr. John Phillips are joined by The Way To My Heart's Nurse Practitioner Kay Smith, legendary business and financial reporter Bambi Francisco (Founder and CEO of Vator.tv), and Revitalist CEO Kathryn Walker to talk about the problem and innovative solutions to improve mental health in patients with chronic physical ailments. Also, Diane, a patient with Peripheral Artery Disease (P.A.D.), which is a
chronic circulation issue, talks about the impact of P.A.D. on her mental state and how finding the right vascular specialist who uses advanced minimally invasive tools and techniques can make all the difference in the world in not only providing pain relief but also restoring hope as well as her love life.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since this is the first show during Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness (P.A.D.) Month, which brings to the forefront a debilitating circulatory disorder that impacts one in five people over age 60, hosts Kym McNicholas and Dr. John Phillips, along with Nurse Practitioner Kay Smith, are talking to Dr. Jay Matthews. Dr. Matthews is an
Interventional Cardiologist in Bradenton, Florida, whom several patients through nonprofit, The Way To My Heart's community call, "Dr. Miracle" for his limb-saving efforts for their care. He is fascinated by the innovation happening around P.A.D. and other vascular diseases and shares some of the technology that's catching his eye. Also, during the show, we talk to radio host Mike Matthews as we dedicate this show to his Mom Christa, who recently transitioned following a long battle with P.A.D.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Type 2 diabetes and obesity are epidemics that can lead to amputation due to a common complication known as peripheral artery disease (P.A.D.), which is plaque build-up in mainly the leg arteries that restricts blood flow. But the right diet can help mitigate the risk of limb loss. Hosts Kym McNicholas and Dr. John Phillips are joined by Nurse Practitioner Kay Smith to chat with special guest Dr. Michael Dansinger about diabetes reversal, eating strategies for P.A.D. prevention, and the secret to weight loss based on USA Network's The Biggest Loser reality show. Dr. Michael Dansinger is Wellness Director at Boston Heart Diagnostics and Founding Director of the Diabetes Reversal Program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. He also serves on the CDC’s Expert Panel for Worksite Wellness Programs and on the Council of Directors for the True Health Initiative, a leading international voice for health and wellness. Dr. Dansinger previously served as the Nutrition and Obesity Editor for Medscape Journal of Medicine and was the principal investigator of the Tufts Popular Diet Trial comparing the Atkins, Zone, Weight Watchers, and Ornish eating plans for weight loss and heart disease risk-factor reduction (published in JAMA). Dansinger was the nutrition doctor for NBC's The Biggest Loser for 10 years and designer of the Biggest Loser Diet, which won top awards from U.S. News & World Report (including No. 1 Best Diet for Diabetes).

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patients are on the frontlines when it comes to uncovering gaps in our healthcare system. That's why this show will feature what they have to say about how patients in the most vulnerable communities who have Peripheral Artery Disease (P.A.D.), plaque build-up in mainly the leg arteries that restricts blood flow to the lower extremities, are treated. Live at The Way To My Heart's first in-person conference focusing on sharing cutting-edge information with patients with P.A.D., we talk to attendees about shaping the future of P.A.D. care.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What patients say and what doctors hear is often very different. That's often the case with what doctors say and patients hear as well. During this episode, patients share stories about conversations with their doctor that have left them speechless. Hosts Kym McNicholas and Interventional Cardiologist Dr. John Phillips are joined by Dr. Kirk Minkus, and Nurse Practitioner Kay Smith who will also share their most shocking conversations with patients. Plus, one patient, Douglas, shares his fight for life and limb during this week's Save My Piggies segment.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 If you have been diagnosed with a form of vascular disease such as Heart Disease, plaque build-up that has the potential to restrict blood flow in the coronary arteries, or Peripheral Artery Disease, which impacts the leg arteries then it is likely you have plaque build-up in other vessels in the body, even those that feed the prostate. In this episode, hosts Kym McNicholas and Dr. John Phillips are joined by board-certified Vascular and
Interventional Radiologist Dr. Charles Nutting, who specializes in prostate artery embolization (PAE) , an outpatient procedure that involves the release of microscopic, plastic beads into the arteries that feed the prostate gland. We
discuss who might be a candidate, the risks involved, how to talk to your doctor about sexual dysfunction, what might be causing it, and available treatment options. A patient, Douglas also shares his personal story, experiencing sexual dysfunction as the first sign of systemic vascular problems and how his disease evolved. Kym is also LIVE from the Vascular Institute in Sacramento, California where she observed Dr. Inder Singh saving the leg of a The Way To My Heart patient who was on deck for a below-the-knee amputation. Dr. Singh shares how he was able to restore additional blood flow to heal the wounds on the patient's foot. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.