089 - The Benefits of HRT - Professor Isaac Manyonda & Dr Louise Newson
The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
Dr Louise Newson
4.7 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Professor Isaac Manyonda is a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at St George's Hospital in London with a major interest in the menopause.
In this very detailed discussion, Prof Isaac and Dr Newson talk about the huge benefits of oestrogen in HRT and how many ways oestrogen can improve future health and prevent disease. They discuss the misinformation and misunderstanding of HRT over the last 20 years and how this has led to so many women being inappropriately denied HRT.
Prof Isaac also speaks very eloquently about the perceived risks of HRT and also how oestrogen on its own can lead to a lower future risk of developing breast cancer and also dying from breast cancer. Dr Newson says that the information discussed in this podcast is evidence based and it is essential that all women listen carefully!
Professor Isaac Manyonda's Three Take Home Tips:
- HRT prevents many of the health problems that women can develop after the menopause and it does so in a very simple, cheap and effective way.
- In terms of the menopausal symptoms that women often experience, there is no better intervention than HRT.
- Here is a hormone that is essentially like 'magic bullet' - it really can help improve quality of life.
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 Menopause and Well-Being Clinic here in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| 0:30.9 | So today on this podcast, I'm very honoured and privileged to have with me Professor Isaacs Manjonda, |
| 0:36.7 | who is a professor of obstetrics and |
| 0:38.9 | gynaecology at St George's Hospital in London. And he has a particular interest in the menopause. |
| 0:45.1 | And actually, I first met Isaac when I was at a British Menopause Society meeting. I didn't know |
| 0:51.1 | who he was. And I couldn't even see him because it was in a crowded room and he was |
| 0:54.5 | just talking since. He was answering a question and I thought, who is this person? I need to find |
| 1:00.6 | him and then I couldn't find you because you left. So you've been on my radar and I don't know how, |
| 1:04.7 | but I've managed to find you again. So I'm delighted. So thanks for joining me today, Isaac. Well, thank you. Thank you for the interesting. |
| 1:11.5 | So just tell me a bit about your background, if you don't mind, |
| 1:14.6 | because obviously you're a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, |
| 1:17.5 | and I'm not a gynecologist. You know, I'm a physician. |
| 1:20.5 | And it's always quite interesting to me thinking, |
| 1:23.1 | traditionally the menopause has always been thought of as a gynecological specialty, hasn't it? |
| 1:28.1 | It has. |
| 1:29.5 | And quite rightly so, because of course, the gynecologist and obstetrician looks after women from a very early stage throughout their reproductive life, |
| 1:37.8 | but also then looks after them in the post-reproductive phase of their life. |
| 1:43.9 | And this nowadays is a huge part of women's lives, |
| 1:48.7 | because of course longevity means that women are living into their late 80s, 90s, and so forth, |
| 1:55.1 | within the menopausal transition. |
| 1:57.5 | So it is an important part of women's lives, and it is an important part of a gynaecologist's work. |
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