Missing Periods & Heart Health with Dr. Chrisandra Shufelt

The Period Recovery Podcast - A podcast by Cynthia Donovan

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 ...