After combing through several sources such as the World Health Organization, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, WebMd, US Food and Drug Administration, CDC, to name a few…we have compiled a list of the top five health concerns affecting women. In this episode, we will hear our expert panelists discuss cancer, heart disease and maternal health issues based on the perspective of their profession.

Our compiled list of the top five health concerns includes:

• Cancer
• Heart Disease
• Maternal Health
• Reproductive Health (including STD/STI, HIV, UTI)
• Mental Health (depression, suicide)

The fourth HER Health Collective Roundtable of 2022 featured the following HER Expert panelists:

• Dr. Charryse Johnson – experienced Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor offering over 20 years of experience serving as a counselor, consultant, and educator. She holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology, NCC 2021.
• Nicole Wallace - a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with over 20 years experience helping adults and children with overcoming trauma, managing life transitions, and developing coping skills.
• Christy Maloney – Registered Dietitian and Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian – Supervisor, CEDS-S specializing in helping those with eating disorders and disordered eating from her practice, Enhance Nutrition Associates.
• Dr. Holly Durney - Dr. Holly Durney PT, OCS Dr. Durney is an APTA Orthopedic Certified Specialist and has pelvic floor rehabilitation training from the Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation
• Maris Feeley - Full-Spectrum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Co-Owner and Director of Carolina Birth & Wellness
• Kerry Lett -MPH, RDN, LDN is a Registered Dietitian with a Master’s degree in Public Health who is passionate about helping women who are trying to conceive, pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum and children to help manage medical conditions, tackle picky eating, and establish a good family relationship with food.

Today’s episode includes a discussion of the following topics:

• Listing the top women’s health related concerns
• Experts discuss how they see cancer and heart disease affecting the women they work with and what they do to support them.
• The impact of difficult health histories on women’s relationship with their body.
• Discussion of the top lifestyle risk factors cited as potentially increasing the chance of developing cancer & heart disease and whether this is an accurate directive by healthcare professionals.
• Some of the barriers that can come up when dealing with cancer and heart disease.
• Maternal health is an issue in the US and why we are going backwards.
• Racism and discrimination in the medical system.

Thank you to our episode sponsors:

*Davis Family Chiropractic -  www.Davischironc.com and @davischironc for social media

*Samantha Faulhaber - https://samanthafaulhaber.com and @shamanicsam for social media

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