What are the impacts of sex hormones and menopause on heart disease? with Professor Alison Heather

  In our latest Wellness for the Rest of Us podcast we speak with University of Otago's Professor Alison Heather about the role of sex hormones, particurly estrogen and progesterone, on fertility, menopause and aging and atherosclerosis (heart disease).   Alison is a human physiologist, specialising in the effects of sex hormones, like estradiol, on atherosclerosis (heart disease).   She is also an Ironman, competing at World Championship level - and the Chief Scientific Officer of Insitugen, a steroid hormone detection company.   #zesttwellness #HRT #menopause #hearthealth #heartdisease #Atherosclerosis #estrodiol #estrogen #progesterone Insitugen