200 - Osteoporosis: how to protect your bones during menopause and beyond

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Bone density for women can plummet around the time of the perimenopause and menopause. An estimated one in two women over 50 (and who do not take HRT) worldwide will develop osteoporosis. This puts women at high risk of bone fractures, which can have a major impact on health and wellbeing. Here Chicago-based Dr Kristi DeSapri, who specialises in bone health, joins Dr Louise Newson to talk about what can increase the risk of your bones becoming weak, the role of hormonal changes in this and what to do about it. Hear what the latest research says about the valuable role that HRT can play in protecting bones to keep you fit and strong in the future. Dr DeSapri shares her top three tips for listeners worried about their bone health: Find out how healthy your bones are and whether you could be at risk of fractures. This could include booking a bone density scan, or completing free online assessments and taking that information to your doctor Increasing evidence suggests HRT can help protect bone health, so consider this treatment option to keep your bones strong Find out about the importance of bone health so that you can be your own advocate - make sure you have the right information to make the right decisions. You can follow Dr DeSapri on Instagram @boneandbodywh. Her website is www.boneandbodywh.com

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Louise Newsome and welcome to my podcast. I'm a GP and menopause specialist and I run the Newsome Health Menopause and Wellbeing Centre here in Stratford-Bron-Avon. I'm also the founder of the Menopause charity and the Menopause support app called Balance.
0:29.9	On the podcast, I will be joined each week by an exciting guest to help provide evidence-based
0:36.5	information and advice about both the perimenopause and the
0:40.9	menopause. So today on the podcast, I've got another American doctor, somebody who
0:51.1	kindly reached out to me and we've got a lot of interest or shared interest and
0:56.0	she's called Christy de Sopri and she works in Chicago and has a special interest in bone health
1:03.3	and women's health and was initially trained as a gynecologist. So welcome to the podcast.
1:10.2	Hi. Thanks for having me. So it's really interesting.
1:13.4	Lots of people that I speak to myself included have to sort of change track with their careers.
1:18.5	And if I'd met you 20 years ago and you'd said to me, oh, you'll be running a menopause clinic,
1:23.4	I would say, no, Christy, don't be ridiculous. I want to be an oncologist and treat people that have had cancer.
1:29.0	And certain things in life change, but also things that we learn from our patients, I think, as well,
1:34.8	changed our course.
1:36.4	And I've always thought that medicine is a great passport for doing lots of things, actually.
1:42.8	And I've always had a sort of portfolio career, which has been great. I've had lots of things actually and I've always had a sort of portfolio career which has been
1:47.1	great. I've had lots of part-time jobs which have always come to more than full-time but variety is
1:52.5	the spice of life and knowledge is power and I think it's wonderful to have quite a varied career because
1:59.8	it keeps you on your toes quite a lot.
2:02.3	So tell me about your background, how you've got to where you are now.
2:06.2	Absolutely.
2:07.3	Yeah, so I'm a board certified internist.
2:09.6	So just like you started in a pretty traditional path, I always thought I would be an OBGYN and
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