Dr. Caroline Carney. | Source | President, Behavioral Health and Chief Medical Officer, Magellan Health at Ma...
Dr. Caroline Carney.
Dr. Caroline Carney is a board-certified internist and a board-certified psychiatrist. She joined Magellan Health in 2016 and serves as Magellan Health’s Chief Medical Officer, while continuing as chief medical officer for Magellan Rx Management. Her previous experience includes the role of SVP Chief Medical Officer of Magellan Behavioral Health and Magellan Specialty Health. She served as the chief medical officer for regional health plans where she gained experience in Medicaid, Medicare, Exchange, and commercial populations.
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Magellan Health
President, Behavioral Health and Chief Medical Officer, Magellan Health
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Call Your Mom: Study Links Positive Mental Health, Heart Health in Older Women
For this Mother’s Day, Caroline Carney, MD, MSc, FAPM, CPHQ, explains the importance of understanding the correlation between mental health and heart health in women aged 65 years and older.
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Look at the behaviors. Once again, look at what helps us be healthy: diet, exercise, sleep, reducing stress, and knowing our numbers—what's our blood pressure, what's our cholesterol, those important things at any age group remain important and can be changeable. So, even weight loss of a few pounds can positively affect our blood sugars and positively affect our blood pressure. So, don't be hopeless in thinking that ‘Well, because I'm older now, it just doesn't matter.’ It absolutely matters at every age. I really encourage women also, and men too, to find a buddy. Find someone to go do that fun activity with, to go for a daily walk with in the neighborhood, to get out and be social and support one another in developing the right kinds of behaviors.
