Series 5 TUH Let's Talk About... Women's Health - Episode #6 – Menopause
In this podcast our Consultant Endocrinologist Dr. Lucy Ann Behan explains menopause,
and what can be done to help women ease common symptoms like hot flushes and anxiety.
Lucy also talks about what options are available for women who may not be able to take
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Her colleague Colleen Byrne an Advanced Nurse
Practitioner in Women’s Health talks about how women can experience bleeding as a result
of HRT and how best to manage this.
The Let’s Talk about women’s health is a six part series produced with the support of the South
Dublin County Partnerships Health Project.
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Series 5 TUH Let's Talk About... Women's Health - Episode #5 – Brain fog & How Women can keep their Brains Healthy and prevent Dementia
In this podcast, Cathy McHale, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, at the Hospital’s Institute of
Memory & Cognition drills down on the latest advice from the Lancet Commission as to what
women can do to keep their brains healthy to prevent dementia. Her colleague Dr Valerie
Twomey a Neuropsychologist who is also the head of the TUH Psychology Department
offers advice on coping with brain fog.
Additional Resources
Link to Mediterranean Diet - https://irishheart.ie/how-to-keep-your-heart-healthy/blood-
pressure/mediterranean-diet/
WHO Report on electronic cigarettes / Vaping https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-
and-answers/item/tobacco-e-cigarettes
Sleep Hygiene Information Sheet - http://www.tuh.ie/!XNYSHQ
The Let’s Talk about women’s health is a six part series produced with the support of the South
Dublin County Partnerships Health Project.
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Series 5 TUH Let's Talk About... Women's Health - Episode #4 – How Women can maintain good heart and bone health
In this podcast, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Chest Pain Shirley Ingram explains that
heart disease is the biggest killer of women in Ireland. It’s not all bad news however as
Shirley explains there is much women can do to prevent heart disease like eating a healthy
diet and exercising. Her colleague David Askin an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Bone
Health explains why it’s so important that women make sure they are getting enough calcium
and vitamin D and also how strength and resistance exercises can help protect your bones
both during and after menopause.
Additional resources
https://irishheart.ie/how-to-keep-your-heart-healthy/
https://irishheart.ie/campaigns/her-heart-matters-heart-month/
https://www2.hse.ie/living-well/quit-smoking/vaping/
https://www.drinkaware.ie/drinks-calculator/
https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/menopause/
https://www.irishosteoporosis.ie/correct-exercises-for-good-bone-health/
https://www.exwell.ie
The Let’s Talk about women’s health is a six part series produced with the support of the South
Dublin County Partnerships Health Project.
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Series 5 TUH Let's Talk About... Women's Health - Episode #3 – What is Pelvic Prolapse and what treatments are available?
In this podcast, we hear from Consultant Gynaecologist Dr. Aoife O’Neil who explains what
causes pelvic prolapse, which can lead to incontinence for some women. Our Specialist
Urogynaecology Physiotherapist Gráinne Wall, explains from a physiotherapy point of view
what can be done in terms of the different exercises to strengthen the muscles of the pelvis
which may have weakened for different reasons e.g. childbirth. Cheryl Gilmore an Advanced
Nurse Practitioner in Women’s Health explains the range of assorted devices that women
can have inserted to help ease the symptoms of pelvic prolapse and finally, our Dr. O’Neill
talks about whether surgery might be an option.
Additional resources
www.squeeztapp.com
Also www.iscp.ie is the website for the Irish society of chartered physiotherapists in which
there is a database of physiotherapists working in pelvic health and a resource page with
information.
The Let’s Talk about women’s health is a six part series produced with the support of the South
Dublin County Partnerships Health Project.
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Series 5 TUH Let's Talk About... Women's Health - Episode #2 – Endometriosis – What is it and how can it be treated?
In this podcast, Consultant Gynaecologist Dr. Alison Di Maio and Specialist Endometriosis
Nurse Paula Earley explain that endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the
lining of the womb starts to grow in other places. For example, the ovaries, the lining of the
tummy and fallopian tubes.
We hear how endometriosis can affect women of any age and that it is a long-term condition
that can impact women on different levels. The good news is there are treatments and these
are explained in detail by our two experts.
The Let’s Talk about women’s health is a six part
Ireland