It's About Hormone Therapy & Heart Health with Dr. Bal Pawa
What we discussed:
- How Dr. Pawa’s car accident was a catalyst in shifting her career focus to women’s health and hormones
- Why the Canadian healthcare model is lacking when it comes to holistic, integrative, and preventative health and how led to a system where doctors are reimbursed for treating a symptom, rather than looking at the whole person
- The ongoing struggle medical doctors face because time and resources are limited
- Dr. Pawa shares her latest project: Creating a new preceptorship program for practitioners focused on women’s health with a subset for menopause specialists where the information is credible, consistent, standardized, and evidence-based
- Why heart disease symptoms in women often go ignored, even though women’s risk for heart attacks are actually higher than men
- How hot flashes, which are vascular events, should be viewed as a “check engine light” and an invitation to get to your doctor so you have the opportunity to be preventative around your heart health
- The importance of treating (and not enduring) hot flashes
- Dr. Pawa shares why the biggest question she gets asked is about hormone therapy and she explains both the short-term and long-term benefits of finding out if hormone therapy is right for you
Links from this week’s episode:
Dr. Pawa’s website
Follow Dr. Pawa on Facebook
Find more information about Dr. Pawa’s clinic here
BIG thanks to the following for sharing my passion for women’s health:
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