Menopause and Heart Disease: What Every Woman Needs to Know with Dr. Jayne Morgan

unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver

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Medicine, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

What if your hot flashes are actually warning signs about your cardiovascular health? Dr. Mary Claire Haver sits down with research cardiologist Dr. Jayne Morgan to talk about the intersection of menopause and heart disease. Dr. Morgan explains why women present with different heart attack symptoms than men, how menopause accelerates cardiovascular risk, and why the medical system still isn't recognizing the connection. You'll learn what hot flashes reveal about stroke and heart disease risk, how arterial stiffening and blood pressure changes happen during the menopause transition, and why hormone therapy started early may be protective for your heart. Dr. Morgan shares which lab tests women should be getting, when to start screening for cardiovascular disease, and what lifestyle changes actually make a difference. She also discusses the role of statins, GLP-1s, and why research done primarily on men has led to treatments that may harm women. This conversation covers what every woman needs to know about protecting her heart through midlife and beyond. Guest links: Dr. Jayne Morgan (Instagram) Dr. Jayne Morgan (YouTube) Dr. Jayne Morgan (TikTok) Healthy Her Series (AIB Network) Jayne Morgan, MD (LinkedIn) Articles Improving Cardiovascular Clinical Competencies for the Menopausal Transition: A Focus on Cardiometabolic Health in Midlife (JACC Advances) Beta-blockers did not reduce cardiovascular events in selected heart attack patients in the REBOOT trial (European Society of Cardiology) Guidelines in Action: New Considerations for Primary Prevention of Stroke Related to Premature and Early Menopause (Stroke/American Heart Association) Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Hysterectomy Status, With and Without Oophorectomy: The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study (Circulation/American Heart Association) Menopause Transition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Implications for Timing of Early Prevention: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (Circulation/American Heart Association) Emerging role of GLP-1 agonists in cardio-metabolic therapy - Focus on Semaglutide (American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice) Other Resources Breast Cancer Foundation (Susan G. Komen) Dr. Stacy Sims (Dr. Stacy Sims - About) Symptoms of Coronary Heart Disease (NIH) Cardiac Biomarkers (NIH) Framingham Risk Score for Hard Coronary Heart Disease Gates Foundation Announces Catalytic Funding to Spark New Era of Women-Centered Research and Innovation (Gates Foundation) Advancing Postpartum Systems of Care Initiative (American Heart Association) Prevention (World Heart Federation) Assessing the Impact of Lipoprotein (a) Lowering With Pelacarsen (TQJ230) on Major Cardiovascular Events in Patients With CVD (Lp(a)HORIZON) (Clinicaltrials.gov)Sleep Disorders and Heart Health (American Heart Association) “The New Perimenopause,”⁠ by Dr. Mary Claire Haver ⁠"The New Menopause"⁠ by Dr. Mary Claire Haver For full show notes, please click here. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Women, they're more likely to be admitted to hospitals for heart failure and three times as likely to die.
0:06.5	Yeah.
0:06.8	That's why we need sex-specific, gender-specific research.
0:12.4	Men and women are biologically different.
0:14.9	And just like all of those women in my training where I knew something was going on, but I kept asking my professors and they
0:21.4	assured me that I was insane and no, this is what the books say, follow me and I'm following
0:26.8	the authority figures. Here's another great example of, we just got it wrong. The views and opinions expressed on unpaused are those of the talent and the guests alone,
0:45.7	and are provided for informational and entertainment purposes only.
0:50.4	No part of this podcast or any related materials are intended to be a substitute for professional
0:55.5	medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
0:59.5	I'm Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist and certified menopause
1:05.0	practitioner.
1:05.9	Unpaused is not just another women's health podcast.
1:08.9	It is a place to have bold, unfiltered conversations about
1:12.6	what it really takes for women to thrive in the second half of life. Dr. Jane Morgan is a
1:18.2	research cardiologist and the vice president of medical affairs at Hello Heart, where she's helping
1:23.0	to shape the future of digital heart care with a special focus on women's health and equity.
1:28.5	Dr. Morgan openly challenges the silence around menopause and workplace cardiovascular health.
1:34.3	She is tireless in her messaging that menopause-related heart risk is virtually ignored
1:39.3	and yet is a critical period for prevention. When I first heard Dr. Morgan speak at a menopause
1:45.5	conference in New York City, it was the first time I had heard a cardiologist frame menopause
1:50.8	as a risk factor in cardiovascular disease. I was riveted. This was information that is crucial
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