House Calls: Real Docs, Real Talk™

House Calls video host, Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Chief Medical Officer for Prevention at the American Heart Association, answers your important questions about managing your heart and brain health to help you live a longer, healthier life.

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El presentador del video de House Calls, el Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Director Médico de Prevención de la American Heart Association (Asociación Americana del Corazón), responderá en este video, a tus preguntas importantes sobre el control de tu salud cardíaca y cerebral para permitirte vivir una vida más larga y saludable.
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House Calls - Real Docs, Real Talk, logoWe at House Calls understand you have a lot to manage in your daily lives and want to make managing your heart and brain health easier. Whether you want to prevent or better your health, House Calls can address your questions with answers that will fit into your daily routine. American Heart Association House Calls host, Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Chief Medical Officer for Prevention, carefully reviews your question and offers science-backed advice on heart health habits and conditions, such as:

  • Diet, Nutrition and Healthy Eating
  • Sleep
  • Flu, Covid, and RSV
  • Importance of Learning CPR
  • Hypertension and High Blood Pressure
  • Heart Attack and Stroke Recovery
  • Diabetes
  • Heart Disease and Menopause and other Life Stages

Watch videos and subscribe to the American Heart Association YouTube channel and view the full House Calls playlist today for a healthier tomorrow.

When to call 911

Call 911 immediately if you or someone you're aware of is having a medical emergency such as severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, choking, stroke symptoms, severe bleeding, unconsciousness, severe allergic reactions, or any situation where a person's life is in immediate danger. Dr. Eduardo Sanchez clears up the confusion about when you should call 911.

You can lower your stroke risk. Here's how.

Watch House Calls: Real Docs, Real Talk for trustworthy information on managing health conditions and preventing heart disease and stroke. Hosted by Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, the chief medical officer for prevention at the American Heart Association, each episode features science-backed information and practical advice to help you live a longer, healthier life.

The stroke risk factors women need to know

One in five women will have a stroke. Do you know how to reduce your risk? Dr. Molly McDermott, associate professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan, joins House Calls with the facts women need to know.

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Full Playlist — House Calls: Real Docs, Real Talk

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Meet the expert: Dr. Eduardo Sanchez

Meet Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, the American Heart Association's chief medical officer for prevention, and the host of the weekly YouTube program House Calls: Real Docs, Real Talk. Dr. Sanchez is a first generation U.S. citizen whose parents were born and raised in the Dominican Republic. He is a family practice doctor by training and the former director of the Texas State Health Department. On House Calls, Dr. Sanchez offers information about health issues and science-backed advice to help you live a longer healthier life.