Dr Marlies E Alvarenga

Cardiac Clinical Psychologist, Academic, Researcher and Social Advocate

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Check out my latest article: A Heartbeat in December https://t.co/TQSUzR5BcZ via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: More Than Touch: How Feeling Loved Shapes the Body and Mind https://t.co/aS3XbjZa94 via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: When We Live Kindly on Purpose, We Change the World https://t.co/iqbYrqX5l7 via @LinkedIn

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@FZMarques Congratulations 🥳

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New study (Salinas et al 2022) highlights the link between loneliness and dementia. Social isolation is also an independent risk for heart disease, including hypertension via an increase in inflammation. Stress affects the lonely more severely.

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@FZMarques @Jo0Donnell @gr_drummond @blink_e @BaellJonathan @MonashBiol @MonashUni Well done! Many congratulations

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@unwomenchief No human being is anyone’s property to sell and that includes the girls of Afghanistan. The world is betraying Afghan girls as much as their parents are. This is a cause that deserves our urgent attention. The world needs to intervene. These girls needs rescuing for all our sakes

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@VicHeartInst @ProfSNicholls @thecsanz @MonashUni @Monash_FMNHS @MonashHealth @MonashHeart Congratulations Steve. Well deserved.

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@RainaBrands @DrScienceLover Whilst some programs, and to a much lesser extent, job applications ask about “career disruption”, applicants seldom volunteer having experienced emotional trauma, which affects their sense of self, focus, motivation and performance much more than physical setbacks. #fearofstigma

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We were just beginning to see the rewards of investing in an inclusive culture across the health and medical research ecosystem. This year has hit our sector hard and those underrepresented and in vulnerable roles have been hit the hardest. Lets not go backwards #TheFWEffect

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@CSHeartResearch @CentenaryInst @clara_chow @brooke_nickel @MJAckermanMDPhD @jpvantintelen @BehrElijah @jodieingles27 @sbbross @PrashSanders @AndrewKrahnMD Congratulations...and what a beautiful couple!

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Amazing light show! Stay strong. Wishing you a Happy Christmas, Chris. 🌟

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The risk of heart attack peaks at around 10pm on Christmas Eve, particularly for older and sicker people, most likely due to heightened emotional stress, finds a Swedish study in this week’s Christmas issue of The BMJ.

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Mental health patients suffering with heart disease ought to be prioritised for a COVID vaccine. Sadly, they tend to die 20 years earlier, on average, from preventable diseases plus poor self care means a need to focus on this group.

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A cardiac event is an emotional experience not just a physiological one..

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Stress can cause mental health problems like depression and depression can cause physical health problems like heart disease. Learning to manage stress can potentially prevent depression induced heart disease.

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In COVID times and having to practice social distancing, let’s not forget that social isolation/disconnection is an independent risk factor for heart disease

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The adverse effects of COVID 19 on cardiac patients include the threat to their mental health which in turn affects their physical prognosis.

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As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others - M. Angelou.