When you need help who do you turn to? Instagram? Facebook? Online advice can come loaded with judgment and inaccuracies, but it is accessible and relatable and that makes it potent. We talk to Dr. Margaret Quinlan and Bethany […]
Month: September 2019
Ep. 27: SCAD, the heart condition you’ve never heard of, with Dr. Malissa Wood and Dr. Sharonne Hayes | Empowered Health
Even with decades of experience as a cardiology nurse, Kristin O’Meara initially dismissed her own warning signs of a heart attack, relying on the fact she was healthy and active. Hours later, O’Meara would find herself in the emergency room […]
Ep. 26: Goal setting with Olympic gymnast Shannon Miller: ovarian cancer, youth sports and winning the gold | Empowered Health
Back in ’96, Shannon Miller led the Magnificent Seven to the gold at the Summer Olympics, earning the first-ever gymnastics win over Russia for the U.S. In 2011, Miller announced that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Following recovery, […]
Ep. 25: Menopause and how older women are essential to societies, the grandmother hypothesis with Kristen Hawkes | Empowered Health
In 1989, a team of anthropologists studying Hadza hunter-gatherers in northern Tanzania noticed how hard one particular group was working: the grandmothers. “They were well into their sixties and their productivity was just as great as the women who are […]
Ep. 24: Menopause: mood & memory changes with Dr. Jan Shifren and Dr. Nancy Woods | Empowered Health
From the late reproductive stage to the final menstrual period, the female body goes through a great deal of change. The spikes in estrogen during menopause cause an unpredictability that makes the transition particularly difficult. Unlike the pattern of stocking up on […]