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| 13 Nov 2024 | The Secret to Beauty Sleep with Sleep Expert Alanna McGinn | 00:42:49 | |
Does worrying about whether you’re getting enough sleep keep you up at night? From new moms to perimenopausal women, many of us are obsessed with quality of sleep—and rightfully so! Sleep forms and maintains the pathways in our brain that let us learn and create new memories, concentrate, and respond quickly, but a chronic lack of sleep increases the risk of disorders, including high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, and obesity. And with busy schedules, hormonal changes, and nighttime anxiety, sometimes proper sleep hygiene seems almost impossible to get. So how can we actually get good sleep? I’m so glad to have sleep expert Alanna McGinn on this episode of the Medsplaining podcast. Alanna is a Certified Sleep Consultant. She’s the founder of Good Night Sleep Site, which helps people of all ages improve their quality of sleep. She is an author, a podcast host, a media expert and a mom of three kids, and she’s here to tell us exactly how we can improve our quality of sleep. Find Alanna McGinn on IG @gnsleepsite Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder Follow Medsplaining on all your favourite platforms! Medsplaining is for educational purposes, not medical advice! ✨
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| 25 Dec 2024 | The Truth About Hormone Balancing | 00:11:58 | |
Hormone balancing is making its way around every social platform. This urge to balance fluctuating hormones has its merits: It stems from wanting to minimize the most disruptive symptoms of menopause, like hot flashes, brain fog and sleep issues. Women are looking everywhere for symptom relief. But I’m here to tell you that attempting to balance your hormones won’t do the trick. Instead, you want to focus on managing the symptoms that result from your naturally fluctuating hormones, not the other way around. In this episode of Medsplaining, we look at three important hormones—estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone—and learn about their vital roles in your body’s functionality. Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder Follow Medsplaining on all your favourite platforms! Medsplaining is for educational purposes, not medical advice! ✨
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| 20 Nov 2024 | Taylor Swift Songs Meet Women's Health (Live from the National Women’s Show 2024) | 00:32:30 | |
What can Taylor Swift teach us about women’s health? I recently spoke at the National Women’s Show in Toronto about the different eras of women’s health—all with the help of some Taylor Swift songs.
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So, put on your sparkliest outfit and let’s learn about women’s health, Medsplaining’s version.
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| 12 Sep 2024 | Living with the Breast Cancer Gene with Lauren Levy | 00:42:34 | |
Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder. Welcome to the very first episode of Medsplaining! I’m your host Dr. Jennifer Zelovitzky. I’m so excited to introduce our very first guest on Medsplaining—Lauren Levy. She’s a successful entrepreneur, former podcaster, mom of four and all-around fashion and food guru. In her mid-20s, Lauren discovered she carried the breast cancer gene, also known as the BRCA1 gene, which is associated with a dramatically increased risk of both breast and ovarian cancer. She underwent multiple preventative steps—a prophylactic double mastectomy, an oophorectomy, and proper hormone therapy—to minimize her risks of developing cancer. Today, we get to talk to her about her life since then, what it was like to find out she was a carrier of this gene at a young age, and how she made the important decision to advocate for her own health. You can find Lauren here: QUICK 6:
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| 16 Oct 2024 | Let me Medsplain: HRT | 00:22:26 | |
Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder. Use code DRZ15 for 15% off ALL Estée Lauder products at esteelauder.ca I’m Dr. Jennifer Zelovitzky, welcome to Medsplaining. Introducing our new segment, "Let Me Medsplain," where I break down common medical questions in a way that makes sense. Today, I'll be Medsplaining why Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is one of the most effective treatments for menopause symptoms, yet it still carries a stigma—both within the medical community and among those experiencing menopause. This is a mini-episode, so let's dive right into today’s topic: treating menopause symptoms with HRT. It's time we set the record straight.
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| 11 Dec 2024 | How to Lose Weight in Midlife with the Gina Livy Method | 00:47:24 | |
As the founder and CEO of The Livy Method, Gina Livy has spent over 30 years helping people achieve lasting weight loss through healthy, accessible, and sustainable methods that actually work. Gina has helped well over 100,000 people lose and keep off weight. I have had so many of my own patients tell me about Gina’s supportive approach, and how proud they are of their achievements—to the point that even when they hit a plateau or take a while to reach their goal, they continue to stay positive through it all. This and so much more is what distinguishes Gina’s approach to weight loss from so many of the fad diets that come and go. In this episode, we uncover the secret to losing weight in midlife. Recognized as one of WXN’s Canada’s Most Powerful Women in 2023, Gina’s impact includes 5.5 million podcast downloads, 10 best-selling books and a successful weight loss program companion app. When she’s not busy being a total BOSS, Gina is a wife, a mom, and an amazing and supportive person. Follow Gina on IG @ginalivy Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder Follow Medsplaining on all your favourite platforms! Medsplaining is for educational purposes, not medical advice! ✨ | |||
| 18 Sep 2024 | What It's Like to Get a Colonoscopy | 00:13:47 | |
Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder. Get great skin courtesy of Estée Lauder! Enter promo code DRZ15 for 15% off all Estée Lauder products at esteelauder.ca Welcome to Medsplaining! I’m your host Dr. Jennifer Zelovitzky. I’ve made no secret about the fact that I’ve turned 50 this year, and with that milestone birthday came another milestone—my very first colonoscopy. In this episode, I’m joined by my other daughter Becky to answer a listener question: What is it like to get a colonoscopy? At this age, a screening colonoscopy to detect early signs of colorectal cancer is appropriate for anyone—regardless of family history or typical symptoms related to colon cancer (any changes in stool pattern, size, or colour; any pain with passing stools; and any other worrying symptoms such as unexplained anemia or weight loss). Seeing that I live a pretty healthy lifestyle, and don’t have any of the symptoms associated with colorectal cancer, I went in there as a preventative measure, you know, because of the whole “turning 50” thing. Imagine my shock when I found out that I had 5 polyps removed, 2 of which were already 8mm in size. Fortunately, these were all non-cancerous, but now I have to return in 3 years because of my elevated risk of future cancerous polyps. Colonoscopies are well worth the prep and are crucially important as early detection is often the difference between life and death when it comes to colorectal cancer. If you are 50 or older, please speak to your doctor today. If you have a family history of colon cancer, you will want to start your screening 10 years earlier than the age of your relative’s diagnosis. If you are having any symptoms, you will need to request a colonoscopy as soon as possible. Follow Medsplaining on all your favourite platforms! Medsplaining is for educational purposes, not medical advice! ✨ | |||
| 27 Nov 2024 | Easy Meals for Menopause with Laura Keogh of Sweet Potato Chronicles | 00:42:57 | |
If you’ve been following the podcast for a while, you’ll know that I don’t cook very often. But I’m trying to change that. So here I am, standing in Laura Keogh’s kitchen (as seen by many viewers of The Morning Show on Global TV, where Laura appears regularly). Like me, Laura pivoted careers in midlife. After working in the beauty and fashion worlds (she was Beauty Director of FASHION), Laura fed her passion for food and nutrition and co-founded Sweet Potato Chronicles, a website dedicated to all things family food. Laura is also the co-author of the best-selling cookbooks The School Year Survival Cookbook and How to Feed a Family. Today, Laura’s sharing a simple recipe filled with essential nutrients for managing menopause symptoms: Kale salad with pine nuts and currants topped with chicken and a zesty pesto dressing. Get the full recipe for free with step-by-step instructions: https://mailchi.mp/ghostbureau.com/tuhyakfpsd
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| 18 Dec 2024 | Medsplaining Wrapped: Your Health Questions Answered | 00:30:34 | |
I’ve been amazed by the overwhelming interest in menopause and perimenopause throughout Season 1 of Medsplaining. As a result, I’ve received so many questions about improving your health in midlife. So, I’ve gathered your most frequently asked questions from this year and answered them all in this special episode of the Medsplaining podcast. Tune in to this episode to get answers to your most asked questions of this year:
Do you have a question that we didn’t answer in this episode? Email your questions at medsplaining@gmail.com or send us a DM on Instagram @Medsplaining.
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| 01 Jan 2025 | Top 5 Health Habits to Do in 2025 | 00:22:56 | |
Happy New Year! It’s our last episode of Season 1, and our very first episode of 2025. I’m not one to make New Year's resolutions—because I think any time is a good time to make changes in your life to be healthier. So in this episode, I share five health habits to try in 2025, inspired by some of our season 1 guests. My top 5 tips for better health in 2025: Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder Follow Medsplaining on all your favourite platforms!
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| 30 Oct 2024 | It Happened to Me: Skin Cancer | 00:23:03 | |
Welcome to Medsplaining! I’m your host, Dr. Jennifer Zelovitzky. Today I’m joined by a very special guest, Lauren McPhillips. She’s here to tell us about how a check-up at the dermatologist for psoriasis led to the discovery of basal cell carcinoma—a type of non-melanoma skin cancer. Non-melanoma skin cancer is actually one of the most common cancers affecting women in Canada. Today, she’s here to tell us about her experience with skin cancer, and how preventative treatment saved her life. Find Lauren McPhillips on IG @thisrenegadelove Watch Lauren’s TEDx Talk: The Power of Personal Storytelling Do you have an interesting medical story you want to share with the Medsplaining movement? Send us your story at medsplaining@gmail.com or reach out to us on Instagram Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder. Use code DRZ15 for 15% OFF all Estée Lauder products at esteelauder.ca
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| 06 Nov 2024 | Eating Disorder Recovery with Kyla Fox, founder of the Kyla Fox Centre | 01:05:08 | |
Kyla Fox is a superstar in the world of eating disorder recovery. Like many women, Kyla developed an unhealthy relationship with food in her late teens and soon found herself in the throes of anorexia and over-exercise disorder. Eating disorders, although they may affect the whole body, actually originate in the brain and are classified as mental health disorders—often hidden as issues of control, self-worth, depression and/or anxiety. After recovering on her own, Kyla decided to dedicate her life to helping others. She became a Master’s Level clinical social worker specializing in eating disorders and founded the Kyla Fox Centre. Find Kyla Fox on IG @kylafoxrecovery Learn more about the Kyla Fox Centre Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder. Use code DRZ15 for 15% OFF all Estée Lauder products at esteeauder.ca Follow Medsplaining on all your favourite platforms! Medsplaining is for educational purposes, not medical advice! ✨ | |||
| 04 Dec 2024 | Your Go-To Skincare Guide with Estée Lauder | 00:29:34 | |
Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder, so of course we were thrilled to offer you this exclusive episode all about skincare with Estée Lauder’s field executive training manager Janice James. Our skin changes during perimenopause and menopause. That’s often because as estrogen levels decline, collagen production is altered, leading to dryness, thinning and irritation of the skin, whether that presents as itchiness, burning, allergic reactions or easy cuts and bruises. Luckily, Janice is here to share with us the best ways to take care of our skin, no matter our age. Janice has been training with Estée Lauder for 20 years. She’s travelled the country educating beauty advisors on the latest Estée Lauder products. Working closely with customers helps her understand what people's skincare wishes really are and how to best address them.
Janice’s holiday gift guide: For teens: Nutritious Collection: 2-in-1 Foam Cleanser/Purifying Mask, Radiant Essence Treatment Lotion, Airy Lotion Moisturizer For adults: Advanced Night Repair Collection: Advanced Night Repair Eye Concentrate Matrix, Revitalizing Supreme+ Moisturizer Older adults: Perfectionist Pro Rapid Brightening Treatment Serum, Resilience Multi-Effect Tri-Peptide Eye Creme
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| 02 Oct 2024 | Get Great Skin with (the Other) Jenn Tran | 00:13:54 | |
Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder. Get great skin courtesy of Estée Lauder! Enter promo code DRZ15 for 15% off all Estée Lauder products at esteelauder.ca. I’m Dr. Jennifer Zelovitzky. Welcome to Medsplaining! This mini-episode is all about skincare, which is perfect because I love skincare. My guest today is a double board-certified dermatologist Dr. Jennifer Tran. She’s a recent mom of two, and a strong advocate for aging gracefully all while feeling confident in your skin—which is why she’s here today to tell us about the perfect guide to skincare. We often ask ourselves, “What’s my skin type? Should I be using retinol? How often should I wash my face? Is it ever OK to pop my pimples?” and more serious topics like, “When should I get my moles checked? How can I prevent skin cancer?” We answer each one of these questions and more. Find out how you can avoid the biggest skincare mistakes and start taking better care of your skin today. Find Dr. Jennifer Tran on Instagram @drjenntran Follow Medsplaining on all your favourite platforms! Medsplaining is for educational purposes, not medical advice! ✨ | |||
| 25 Sep 2024 | Cervical Cancer to Surrogacy with Isrene & Tommy of @wombmate4life | 00:58:39 | |
Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder. Find your next perfect pair with promo code DRZ15 for 15% off all Estée Lauder products at esteelauder.ca. Welcome to Medsplaining! I’m Dr. Jennifer Zelovitzky. My guests today are two people I hold close to my heart. I first met Isrene and Tommy when I worked at Sunnybrook Hospital’s INDYGO clinic—which stands for Individualized Care for Young Gynecology Oncology Patients. Isrene was one of my patients. She had recently undergone a complete hysterectomy for Stage 3 Cervical Cancer and found herself in early menopause at age 30. Today, she and Tommy are intended parents—also known in their world as IPs. On Instagram at their handle @wombmate4life, they share the highs and lows with their community. In this episode of Medsplaining, Tommy and Isrene share their emotional journey to become parents, from attempted adoption to choosing and working with an egg donor to the search for a surrogate, the importance of getting Pap tests, and what it means to them to become parents. Find Tommy & Isrene here: QUICK 6: 1. What: Cervical Cancer 2. Who: Anyone with a uterus can be affected, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation. 3. Where: The cervix is the opening to the uterus—it protrudes into the vagina, and it dilates to allow a baby to pass through during childbirth. 4. When: Typically it is diagnosed after the initiation of sexual activity and before age 50. 5. Why: The number one cause is HPV infection, but smoking, being immunosuppressed and having a high number of sexual partners or a history of STIs can also increase your risk. 6. How: HPV or the Human Papilloma Virus, is extremely common: 3 out of 4 sexually active people will contract it. Of those 90% will clear it on their own within 2 years, however of the remaining 10%, some will develop a persistent infection that alters the cells of their cervical lining and eventually leads to cancer. A pap test or HPV test can pick up those changes before they become cancer, and of course, the HPV vaccine can help prevent the infection from developing in the first place. Follow Medsplaining on all your favourite platforms! Medsplaining is for educational purposes, not medical advice! ✨ #WomensHealth #CervicalCancer #PapTest #Surrogacy #Surrogate #FertilityJourney #Survivor
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| 09 Oct 2024 | Preventing Breast Cancer with Dr. Toni Zhong | 00:47:08 | |
Season 1 of Medsplaining is brought to you by Estée Lauder. Use promo code DRZ15 for 15% off all Estée Lauder products at esteelauder.ca I’m Dr. Jennifer Zelovitzky. Welcome to Medsplaining. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! This important month is dedicated to raising awareness, promoting early detection, and supporting those impacted by breast cancer. I am deeply humbled by today’s guest: Dr. Toni Zhong. She is a true rockstar in the world of women’s health. She is the Clinical and Research Director of the University Health Network Breast Reconstruction Program here in Toronto, an Associate Professor in UofT’s Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, and a passionate advocate for breast health. Today, we will take a deep dive into the prevention, detection and treatment of breast cancer, including the brand-new Ontario breast screening guidelines. Find Dr. Toni Zhong on Instagram @drtonizhong Quick 6:
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| 23 Oct 2024 | Breaking the Period Stigma with Dr. Jen Gunter | 00:45:12 | |
I’m Dr. Jennifer Zelovitzky. Welcome to Medsplaining! Did you know that untreated painful periods cost the economy $2 billion every year? To make matters worse, women's health remains one of the most under-researched and overlooked areas in healthcare today — often brushed aside as simply "stress" or "mood swings." Why is it so difficult to have open conversations about menstruation? I’m so thrilled to have Dr. Jen Gunter as this week’s podcast guest. She’s a board-certified OB-GYN, pain medicine specialist, and a New York Times bestselling author. Her latest book, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation, reveals some fascinating details about women’s health that I’m excited to share with you on this episode of the Medsplaining podcast. Let’s start the conversation about women’s health, now!
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| 14 Aug 2024 | Medsplaining Season 1 Trailer | 00:01:16 | |
Welcome to Medsplaining! I'm your host, Dr. Jennifer Zelovitzky. I'm a medical doctor, a menopause expert, a 50-year-old woman, a mom of two teen girls, a wife, and a dog mom to three adorable pups. Each week I'll be sitting down with an expert to chat about the hottest topics in women's health. We're talking perimenopause, menopause, birth control, skin care, skin cancer, cervical cancer, infertility, surrogacy, breast health...and more. We'll ask the tough questions, we'll give you the best answers. | |||