279: Heart health, hormones and menopause: what you need to know, with Dr Jeremy London

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women and this risk increases after the menopause, and a woman’s risk of heart attack is around five times higher after the menopause than before*. Joining Louise on this week’s podcast is Dr Jeremy London, a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon based in the US, to discuss heart health, hormones and menopause. They discuss the role of oestrogen in reducing inflammation in the body, why women typically present with different heart attack symptoms compared to men – and the signs to look out for – and the crucial role of nutrition and exercise in maintaining good heart health. Finally, Dr London shares his top three tips on what women (and men!) can do to help their future cardiac health: Don't smoke: it is the single worst thing you can do for your health in general. From a cardiac standpoint, from a blood vessel standpoint, for the risk of lung cancer. Nutrition: avoid processed foods and eat real, whole foods. Exercise and recovery: look to incorporate resistance training and some aerobic training, and don’t forget about recovery and prioritising sleep. *El Khoudary, S.R. et al. (2020), Boardman, H. et al. (2015). Follow Dr London on Instagram @drjeremylondon For more information on Newson Health, click here. Dr Louise Newson’s first-ever live theatre tour, Hormones and Menopause – The Great Debate, runs until 12 November. For more information and tickets, click here.

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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
0:31.6	and menopause. 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 and menopause care for all women.
1:02.5	Today on the podcast I am really excited because I have managed to entice a cardiothoracic surgeon, no less, from America to come onto my podcast.
1:14.8	And I've been stalking him, like I do lots of people on his social media, which is really
1:20.5	very, well, you'll all be following it when you've listened to this podcast, but it's very
1:24.1	informative and lots of information, not just about cardiothoracic surgery,
1:29.6	but about health in general.
1:31.4	So I'm very delighted to introduce to you, Jeremy, London, who is not from London, I guess.
1:36.5	I don't know.
1:37.1	Are you, Jeremy?
1:38.5	I am not.
1:39.7	I am not.
1:40.4	Thank you so much.
1:41.6	I'm so excited and honored to be invited and to be here today. I
1:46.3	really am. Thank you. Oh, no. Well, thank you. So I was saying to you actually, before we started
1:51.5	recording, when I was a medical student, you have an eight-week elective period, and I decided to go to
1:57.4	Canada, and I worked with a cardiothoracic surgeon but he was a transplant surgeon
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