Empowered Health

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#ICYMI: You can still listen to our interview on @EmpoweredPod with @EmilyKumler discussing our role in helping decreasing provider shortages during this pandemic. bit.ly/2FMGWnB

Thanks to @emilykumler & @EmpoweredPod information on #menopause & #HeartHealth is getting out. empoweredhealthshow.com/perimenopause-…

Did you catch us on @EmpoweredPod with @EmilyKumler? Check out Emily’s interview with Lisa Bard Levine on how we’re helping health centers to combat provider shortages with the assistance of our experienced physician volunteers. bit.ly/311vMUh

Rural areas will be hit hardest by this, along with inner-city communities, both of which already face additional socio-economic barriers to adequate healthcare. The @MAVENProject is working to connect experienced physicians to vulnerable health centers to combat these shortages.

America has a critical need for more doctors, especially in underserved communities. The American Medical Association estimates a shortage of about 35,000 primary care physicians and 60,000 specialists by 2025. empoweredhealthshow.com/maven-project-… #ruralhealthcare #telemedicine #telehealth

Before COVID-19, Ginger's @kvsingh spoke with @EmpoweredPod about the need for better access to #mentalhealth care. Today, the demand continues to skyrocket. Learn more on how our on-demand system provides support for the millions of people around the world who deserve it.

The @APA's @DrBufka discusses if therapy is as engaging over a screen versus face-to-face. @orygen_aus #digitalmentalhealth researcher Dr. @JenmNicholas1 helps us understand how to vet mental health apps, addresses privacy concerns, and talks about issues in the space. #telemed

We explore the mental health app landscape and investigate how effective #telepsychiatry really is. @EmilyKumler talks with @KVSingh, CEO of @Ginger_io, an on-demand mental healthcare app, about how his platform delivers care.

Telehealth visits allow patients to remotely manage medical conditions during a time when in-person care is not an option for many. But even in pre-pandemic times, the U.S. has limited access to #mentalhealthcare, while demand for support increases: empoweredhealthshow.com/telepsychiatry…

#FromTheArchives ➡️ Advice from clinical neuroscientist Jill Goldstein: ask your doctor if the medicine you’re prescribed has been tested on someone who is the same age and sex as you. Often, women are overlooked in clinical trials. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-… #womenshealth

#FromTheArchives ➡️ A lack of trust may deter mothers from their doctor's visits during pregnancy and postpartum. Tech companies are trying to improve the way mothers and health care providers interact, in addition to bettering accessibility: ow.ly/KFTJ50xe3Rh

#FromTheArchives ➡️ Did you know there is a link between mental health and medical disorders like heart disease or Alzheimer's? Clinical neuroscientist Jill Goldstein explains why women are disproportionately affected by these co-occurences: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-…

#FromTheArchives➡️ “When you look at maternity health care historically, you realize that there’s a lot of other players who need to be notified as to what’s going on,” says @getmahmee's Melissa Hanna, on connecting mom and baby's care: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-…

About 6.1 million U.S. women struggle to get pregnant every year, according to the CDC, leading many couples to explore in-vitro fertilization. We covered what women need to understand about #infertility and the process of #IVF: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-…

#FROMTHEARCHIVES ➡️ What really happens to the body during #menopause? Dr. Nancy Woods discusses changes in brain chemistry that come along with this transition. LISTEN: ow.ly/R4jE50wpHhe #perimenopause #brainhealth #bonehealth #healthpodcasts #womenshealth

Dr. Margaret Quinlan and Bethany Johnson of @JQ_Research discuss the dangers of “armchair experts” in the age of social media and what this phenomenon can mean for worried mothers seeking medical advice and quick answers. #LISTEN: ow.ly/qX7x50wFWib #ydiw #motherhoodishard

In honor of #NationalPTSDAwarenessDay, we are revisiting our episode on the trauma that partners left behind due to #veteransuicide face: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-… @homebaseprogram

Greater longevity has led to some incredible developments for women, including changes in societal roles. Anthropologist Kristen Hawkes talks fertility, reproduction, and post-menopause. LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-… #grandmotherhypothesis #femaleanthropologists #menopause

“Tourism is an amazing sector for any country just because of the amount of people that are affected by a single tourist visit,” Jessica Nabongo (@TheCMIYC) tells @EmilyKumler. LISTEN to Nabongo explain how #tourism impacts local economies directly: ow.ly/zswD50yeHKg

#FromTheArchives ➡️ Growing up, @SarahEMcBride remembers what she had seen of the #transcommunity on TV, movies, and the internet. So much of it was a message saying “there is no space for you.” LISTEN: ow.ly/qGuf50zpTCY #transgenderrepresentation