I am excited to welcome Dr. Jayne Morgan as my guest today. She is a cardiologist and the Vice President of Medical Affairs at Hello Heart, specializing in women's health and cardiovascular research.
In our conversation, we look at the gaps in clinicians’ training around perimenopause and menopause, also discussing gender neutral training, and how men and women are treated differently in the medical system. Dr. Morgan shares her preferred areas of focus when educating middle-aged women about hormone replacement therapy and clusters of diagnoses, which include diabetes, dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, and weight-loss resistance. We examine how myocardial infarctions (heart attacks) tend to manifest differently in women, often with microvascular disease, atypical chest pain, and less obvious symptom patterns. We also explore screening recommendations, such as EKGs, Lp(a) assessments, and mammography for microcalcifications, which might indicate an elevated risk for cardiovascular disease.
This fun and lively conversation with Dr. Morgan offers valuable, practical insights into women’s heart health. I look forward to recording future podcast episodes with her.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:
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One-size-fits-all treatment of women during medical training in the ’90s and early 2000s
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Speaking up in the exam room when something doesn’t feel right
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When hormone therapy was labeled dangerous, and the fallout that followed
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Medicine’s uncomfortable truth: clinicians must keep learning or fall behind
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Gender-neutral cardiology and the women it left behind
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The midlife risk-factor pileup no one prepared women for
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Why not taking blood pressure or cholesterol medications is risky rather than healthy
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Heart attacks often mistaken for anxiety, especially in women
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Slow change, real progress in women’s cardiology care
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