Whether it is heart disease or cancer, arthritis or diabetes, it seems that getting older is linked to an increased incidence of many different chronic diseases.
The menopausal journey adds an extra layer of health risks to some of them, but is also an opportunity to fine-tune healthy living goals in a way that also helps to ward off disease. Knowledge is power.
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I would like to learn more about postmenopausal women and heart disease.
Diane
My existing hormonal autoimmune disorders exacerbate my menopausal health.
Beth
How does the womanly body work after menopause, what changes happen now?
Lorraine
What can I do to stay healthy longer?
Roxy
More Information
Blog posts tagged as chronic disease considerations:- Do You Laugh at Your Mistakes?
- Rheumatoid Arthritis & Nutrition
- Thriving As We Age: Vision Changes
- My Bougie Pill Case—A Story of Hope
- The 2 Susans—A New Newsletter!
- Pain Management with a Twist
- The Importance of the Human-Human Connection in Healthcare
- 5 Tips to Boost Your Immune System Today
- Navigating Exercise with a Chronic Health Condition, Part 1
- Exercise as Self-Care, Part 1: Your Bones
- Harmed by the Electronic Medical Record
- myMDadvocate Turns One!
- How to Swallow a Pill
- The Power of a Diagnosis
- The Hidden World of Chronic Disease
- Put This on Your Fridge!
- Please Stop Saying ‘Provider’!
- COVID Kindness
- Advocating Against Ageism
- Managing Trauma
- 5 Minutes of Movement
- The Hidden World of Chronic Disease
- Don’t Delay!
- Menopause and the Pelvic Floor
- Your lack of motivation is NOT the problem and “laziness” isn’t real!
- Recovering From Surgery? Check in With Your Gut First.
- How to Effectively Work with Your Healthcare Team
- Reset/Recharge Podcast
- Menopause and Injury Recovery
- We Need to Talk About Menopause!
- The Podcast by KevinMD: Menopause & Chronic Disease
- Becoming Immune Confident: The Menopause Menu
- Navigating Your Health
- I Feel Stuck with my Medical Issues
- Menopause and Palpitations: A Cause for Concern?
- I Want to Age With Intent
- What is my Diagnosis?
- Lecture #66: Posture: The Ultimate Life Hack to Lifelong Health & Wellness
- What I do in 120 Seconds
- From Shakespeare to…Rap?
- How to check your own blood pressure
- Lecture #1: The Effect of Glycemic Index on Hormones and Weight
- Lecture #39: Varicose Veins – Emerging Treatments
- Lecture #65: Cancer Risk, Prevention & Support Services
- Lecture #3: Hypnosis for Weight Management Support
- Lecture #26: Force of Habit: making them, breaking them and our relationship with health
- Lecture #45: Valvular Heart Disease: More than the Concepts, and Thoughts to Take Home…PLUS another “Fireside Chat” about Prevention & Management
- Weight Management & Menopause: The Bigger Picture
- Lecture #11: I Think I Have a Food Allergy…What Do I Do?
- Lecture #36: Keep Your Knees and Hips Moving: The Importance of Core Stability
- Lecture #42: Chronic Wellness: Staying Motivated in the Midst of Chronic Medical Conditions
- Lecture #25: Meal Planning for Success (aka Meal Planning 101)
- Lecture #70: Nature Therapy
- Lecture #34: A Special Evening with Author and Patient Jayne Ann Krentz (Part 1)
- Lecture #34: A Special Evening with Author and Patient Jayne Ann Krentz (Part 2: The Writer’s Corner)
- Lecture #13: Pain & the Brain – How What We Do and Eat Affects Pain
- YMCA Leadership Lecture: A Fresh Perspective on Failure and Success
- Lecture #21: Rescue from the Food Rut (Part 2)
- Lecture #16: Rescue from the Food Rut (Part 1)
- Lecture #5: Diet, Exercise and Your Heart
- Lecture #66: Posture: The Ultimate Life Hack to Lifelong Health & Wellness (Part 1 of 2)
- Lecture #66: Posture: The Ultimate Life Hack to Lifelong Health & Wellness (Part 2 of 2)
Additional Video Links
Resources:
- Although not specific to postmenopause, this is a good summary from the New England Journal of Medicine of “where we are at” after 50 years of better focus on women’s health, especially with respect to chronic disease, including cancer and cardiovascular disease: Women’s Health – Traversing Medicine and Public Policy.
- Considering the importance of nutrition on chronic disease (especially prevention), a great resource is Dr. Michael Greger’s website NutritionFacts.org and his book (with Gene Stone) How Not to Die.
- Along those same lines, the documentary “Forks Over Knives” is well worth watching…and, yes, there is a website too.
- A deep dive (down the rabbit hole) article from Frontiers in Immunology entitled “Vitamins D2 and D3 Have Overlapping But Different Effects on the Human Immune System Revealed Through Analysis of the Blood Transcriptome” gives great information about Vitamin D and many illnesses.
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