Heavy Periods

Hosted by Olivia Moir, this episode with Dr. Bass…

An episode of the UCL Minds podcast, hosted by UCL, titled "Heavy Periods" was published on May 23, 2024 and runs 26 minutes.

May 23, 2024 ·26m · UCL Minds

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Hosted by Olivia Moir, this episode with Dr. Bassel Wattar guides us through heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB); what it is, how common it is, how do we diagnose it, and how do we treat it? We also talk about research in this area, and specifically the importance of including community perspectives in research practise, and how Dr. Bassel Wattar's team has been going about this. Dr. Bassel Wattar has been a guest on the pod previously where we talked about PCOS. If you missed that episode, definitely go and check it out. For anyone who hasn't listened to the PCOS episode, Dr. Wattar is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist based in London. He has advanced expertise in various areas including fertility, assisted conception, endocrine gynaecology, menopause and importantly for today, heavy menstrual bleeding! I also have to mention, he is the co-leader of a research group dedicated for evidence synthesis at UCL, which is something so important and we have focused a lot on in this pod, the importance of evidence based research. To read more about Bassel's work, visit: https://basselwattar.info/ Charities and Communities affiliated with HMB: Menstrual Health Project: https://linktr.ee/menstrualhealthproject Wellbeing of Women: https://www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/what-we-do/. Date of episode recording: 2024-05-14T00:00:00Z Duration: 00:26:57 Language of episode: English Presenter:Olivia Guests: Dr. Bassel Wattar Producer: Olivia, UCL changemakers

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Hosted by Olivia Moir, this episode with Dr. Bassel Wattar guides us through heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB); what it is, how common it is, how do we diagnose it, and how do we treat it? We also talk about research in this area, and specifically the importance of including community perspectives in research practise, and how Dr. Bassel Wattar's team has been going about this. Dr. Bassel Wattar has been a guest on the pod previously where we talked about PCOS. If you missed that episode, definitely go and check it out. For anyone who hasn't listened to the PCOS episode, Dr. Wattar is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist based in London. He has advanced expertise in various areas including fertility, assisted conception, endocrine gynaecology, menopause and importantly for today, heavy menstrual bleeding! I also have to mention, he is the co-leader of a research group dedicated for evidence synthesis at UCL, which is something so important and we have focused a lot on in this pod, the importance of evidence based research. To read more about Bassel's work, visit: https://basselwattar.info/ Charities and Communities affiliated with HMB: Menstrual Health Project: https://linktr.ee/menstrualhealthproject Wellbeing of Women: https://www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/what-we-do/. Date of episode recording: 2024-05-14T00:00:00Z Duration: 00:26:57 Language of episode: English Presenter:Olivia Guests: Dr. Bassel Wattar Producer: Olivia, UCL changemakers

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