In this week’s episode of the Period Recovery Podcast, I talk with Dr. Chisandra Shufelt, the Chair of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. She and I discuss some health disparities that come with a missing period.

Listen in to learn more:

• [08:13] Heart disease. This area is understudied and underdiagnosed; women often don’t have symptoms of this condition and don’t seek treatment.
• [16:54] HA doesn’t cause heart disease, but we’ve found that it can lead to heart disease; it’s a time and opportunity to prevent it, too
• [42:15] Going on the pill masks the underlying condition [in this case, HA]; these women still have the condition, so they’re still walking around with high cortisol and other endocrine disruptors

About Dr. Chisandra Shufelt:

Dr. Shufelt is Professor and Chair of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and Associate Director of the Women's Health Research Center at Mayo Clinic Enterprise. She is a women’s health internist with fellowship training in vascular biology and women's health and a certified menopause practitioner. She has several National and International leadership roles in the American College of Physicians, the European Menopause and Andropause Society, and the North American Menopause Society, where she is the immediate past-President of the Society and on the board of trustees. Dr. Shufelt has over 200 publications in women’s health and has co-authored several scientific position statements on menopause and hormone therapy. Her NIH-funded research focuses on young women with hypothalamic amenorrhea evaluating the impact on immune and vascular health.

Study on HA as a Fertility Status Marker for Cardiovascular Health:

• https://www.mayo.edu/research/clinical-trials/cls-20538611
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