{"podcast":{"title":"Doctor Warrick Bishop - Healthy Life Podcast","slug":"doctor-warrick-bishop-heart-health-903567","podcast_index_feed_id":903567,"rss_url":"https://drwarrickbishop.com/feed/podcast","website_url":"http://drwarrickbishop.com/","image_url":"https://hhn.cdn.evolvepreneur.net/uploads/media/news/0001/02/d15efc06a883cb870d0b3ae1bf8277d5c9ea2245.jpeg","author":"info@drwarrickbishop.online (Doctor Warrick Bishop)","episode_count":450,"summary":"Welcome to Doctor Warrick's podcast channel. Warrick is a practicing cardiologist and author with a desire to help people live as well as possible for as long as possible. Warrick believes in educating and supporting patients to get the best health care. Discover and understand the latest approaches and technology in heart care and how this might apply to you or someone you love. >> HEALTHY HEART MEMBERSHIP: SEE HERE https://healthyheartnetwork.com/free << About Dr. Warrick Bishop A number of years ago something incredible, an amazing coincidence… Doctor Warrick Bishop is a practicing cardiologist, best selling author, and keynote speaker and who has a passion to help prevent heart disease on a global scale. Warrick graduated from the University of Tasmania, School of Medicine, in 1988. He completed his advanced training in cardiology in Hobart, Tasmania, becoming a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians. A number of years ago something incredible, an amazing coincidence, happened that started Doctor Warrick Bishop on the mission to prevent heart attacks rather than try to cure them. He was driving to work one day when he stopped at a commotion by the side of the roa…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T22:18:54.226075+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doctor-warrick-bishop-heart-health-903567"},"episode":{"title":"EP427: Talking Sports Cardiology with Dr Bavishi","slug":"ep427-talking-sports-cardiology-with-dr-bavishi","published_at":"2026-02-28T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doctor-warrick-bishop-heart-health-903567/ep427-talking-sports-cardiology-with-dr-bavishi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doctor-warrick-bishop-heart-health-903567","url":"https://drwarrickbishop.com/podcast/episode/1/ep427-talking-sports-cardiology-with-dr-bavishi","audio_url":"https://evolvepreneuriq.app/pe-ext/5/https://op3.dev/e/drwarrickbishop.com/podcast-redirect/1049.mp3","summary":"Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I’m a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients. Podcast Summary Introduction Dr. Warrick Bishop, a cardiologist, author, and CEO of the Healthy Heart Network, hosts this episode featuring Dr. Akash Patel, an Assistant Professor and Director of Sports Cardiology and Cardiac MRI at the University of Chicago. The episode explores sports cardiology—a specialized field focused on the cardiovascular health of athletes—and discusses how exercise affects the heart, including the paradoxical risks that can arise from extreme endurance training. Key Takeaways: Sports cardiology is an emerging specialty focused on cardiovascular health in active individuals, encompassing diagnosis, risk stratification, management, and safe return-to-play decisions for athletes of all levels. The majority of sports cardiology patients are not elite athletes but rather \"weekend warriors\"—former athletes in their 40s and 50s or everyday fitness enthusiasts experiencing cardiac symptoms. While overwhelming evidence shows exercise is beneficial for heart health, extreme endurance activities (particularly in running and cycling) can increase the risk of atrial fibrillation, especially in male athletes. Different types of exercise create different cardiac adaptations: static/power exercises like weightlifting cause thickened heart walls, while dynamic/endurance exercise can cause chamber enlargement. Conditions like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (unexplained heart muscle thickening) are no longer absolute contraindicat…","meta_description":"Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. 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