070 - Bone Health & World Osteoporosis Day - Julia Thomson & Dr Louise Newson
The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
Dr Louise Newson
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šļø 20 October 2020
ā±ļø 30 minutes
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Summary
In this podcast released on World Osteoporosis Day, Dr Louise Newson welcomes Julia Thomson, who manages the Royal Osteoporosis Society's Specialist Nurses Helpline.
Together, they discuss what exactly osteoporosis is and identify some of the major risk factors of osteoporosis. Julia and Dr Newson also talk about the various treatments options available for people at high risk of fracture; including hormonalĀ therapiesĀ andĀ non hormonal treatments such as bisphosphonates. DEXA scans are also an effective method of diagnosing osteoporosis and Julia discusses this along with theĀ importance of aĀ well balanced, calcium rich diet and regular exercise throughout life.
Dr Newson chats to Julia about her work at The Royal Osteoporosis Society and what the charity can offer people with concerns about their bone health and World Osteoporosis Day.
Julia's Three Take Home Tips:
- Make sure you and your family are getting the nutrition you need to keep your bones healthy.Ā Ā
- Remember that bone likes to be exercised! Always try to keep as active as you can.
- Talk to your GP if you feel you may be at risk of osteoporosis.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Neuson Health Menopause podcast. I'm Dr. Louise Newson, a GP and menopause |
| 0:15.8 | specialist and I'm also the founder of the Menopause charity. In addition, I run the Newston Health |
| 0:22.5 | Menopause and Well-Being Clinic here in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| 0:30.5 | So I want to welcome to my podcast today, Julia Thompson, who manages the specialist nurses |
| 0:36.9 | helpline for the charity, the Royal Osteoporosis |
| 0:39.8 | Society. Some of you might know it as the National Osteoporos Society, but it was renamed in the recent |
| 0:46.5 | past. So welcome, Julia. Thanks for coming to the podcast. Thank you for having me. Thank you. |
| 0:51.5 | So some of you might be thinking, well, this is a menopause podcast. So why |
| 0:55.6 | hell is she talking about osteoporosis? And even what is osteoporosis? So I just wanted to talk a bit |
| 1:02.6 | about bones because a lot of women think about menopause as something that causes some flushes |
| 1:08.8 | and sweats. And maybe some people know there's an |
| 1:11.7 | increased risk of heart disease when women don't have hormones in their body. But osteoporosis, |
| 1:17.7 | just to explain what it is, Julia, because a lot of women get very confused as to what it is. |
| 1:23.3 | So just to explain what it is, if you don't mind. |
| 1:25.8 | Well, the consequences of osteopraces are really quite simple. |
| 1:29.4 | We break bones more easily than we should. |
| 1:32.0 | But the lead up to that is a deterioration in bone strength that really starts quite early. |
| 1:39.4 | And I think certainly, you know, menopausal age is a really good time to start thinking quite seriously |
| 1:45.5 | about risk factors, starting to think about discussions with GPs, about risk for osteoprocess |
| 1:51.9 | and discussions around bone density scanning. |
| 1:54.5 | Of course, we can be thinking about it well before menopause. |
| 1:57.5 | And I think we all should be just thinking bone health and educating ourselves |
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