225 - Cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and HRT

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This week, Dr Louise speaks to Italian Menopause Society president Dr Marco Gambacciani. Early in his career Dr Marco specialised in reproductive endocrinology. He became interested in the occurrence of cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis during the menopause, and his menopause clinic was the first in Italy to have a bone density scanner. On a personal level, Dr Marco saw the devastating effects of osteoporosis first-hand after his grandmother was diagnosed with the condition. Dr Marco also shares his frustrations on the lack of understanding of how hormones can affect women’s cardiovascular health. On a more hopeful note, he is urging the Italian government to make menopause clinics available all over Italy. Finally, Dr Marco shares the three reasons why he believes women should consider HRT when they're younger: To improve quality of life. By reducing menopause symptoms, you improve quality of life and you help prevent chronic diseases. To help improve your performance at work – why should a woman have to lose opportunities just because she's having flushes or not sleeping well? It’s important for women to maintain the possibility of an enjoyable sex life – low oestrogen levels can lead to low sexual desire or painful sex. Follow Dr Marco on Instagram @m.gambacciani This World Menopause Month, help us start the most menopause conversations – ever. Everyone’s menopause is individual and to help others understand and manage their menopause, we must break taboos, educate and start the conversation. How to get involved Have a conversation about the menopause Log your conversation on the balance website Share that you’ve got involved by tagging us on social media, using the hashtag #PauseToTalk

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr Louise Newsome. I'm a GP and menopause specialist, and I'm also the founder of the Newsome Health Menopause and wellbeing centre here in Stratford-Pon-Avon.
0:21.6	I'm also the founder of the free Balance app.
0:25.6	Each week on my podcast, join me and my special guests where we discuss all things perimenopause and menopause.
0:32.6	We talk about the latest research, bust myths on menopause symptoms and treatments,
0:38.2	and often share moving and always inspirational personal stories.
0:43.7	This podcast is brought to you by the Newsome Health Group,
0:46.9	which has clinics across the UK dedicated to providing individualised perimenopause
0:52.4	and menopause care for all women.
1:03.0	Today on the podcast, I'm got a very important guest with me, someone from Italy, who I have known for a little while, but he hasn't known me, I suppose.
1:13.4	I've read a lot of his papers and had the privilege of meeting him face to face recently in
1:18.4	a conference in Florence. So Professor Marco Gambachani runs a menopause clinic in Italy
1:24.5	and is very academic as well. So it's a great pleasure to introduce
1:28.6	you today. Thank you for joining me, Marco. Thank you for the invitation. I'm really proud of it.
1:35.0	Thank you very much. So I have read a lot of your work in the past. And as a physician, as you know,
1:42.6	I'm not a gynecologist.
1:48.7	I am very interested in science and I'm very interested in pathology.
1:52.2	And I'm very interested in the way our hormones work all over our body.
1:58.4	And when I heard you talk in Florence recently, you were talking about heart disease as well.
2:02.8	And you also were talking about how there's a lot of interest in the UK and there's a lot happening in the UK and other countries need to learn from what we're
2:07.9	doing over here. And I was really interested because I every day feel that we're not doing
2:13.8	enough and I don't feel I'm doing enough and I feel like in the UK we're not doing enough. We're denying so many women of evidence-based treatment. When I was
2:22.6	sitting there, I thought, yes, you're right. We are doing well, but we're not doing well enough. But
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