Dr Fiona Rennie

Why HRT is safer than ever for treating menopause symptoms

Fiona Rennie — Menopause Doc Dubai on Instagram — is a family medicine doctor at Dubai’s Genesis Healthcare Center in Dubai Science Park. She spoke to The Livehealthy Podcast about how women in the UAE are struggling with this transition, in part because the medical profession is so ill-equipped to deal with it, and why research is showing that menopause hormone therapy, aka HRT, is safer and more beneficial than ever. Her goal is to

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women's health

Going deep on better understanding women’s health

The statistics surrounding women’s health are worrying to say the least.  A recent study from the University of Copenhagen found that women are on average diagnosed 2.5 years later than men for cancer, 4.5 years later for diabetes, and later in a total of 700 different diseases.   That’s why Christina Ioannidis, a transformation consultant, health coach and founder of the GCC-based women empowerment platform Top Of Her Game, has taken matters into her own hands

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Are you too fit to get pregnant?

More and more women these days are training like athletes, honing their physiques with daily HIIT sessions — sometimes back-to-back classes — as well as a string of challenges and races combined with spartan nutrition. According to Dr Rosalie Sant, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Primavera Medical Centre in Dubai and a member of the livehealthy.ae expert panel, the combination is not a good recipe for getting pregnant.  How can rigorous exercise regimes impact fertility?  Yes, they

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What about ‘hybrid healthcare’?

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What about 'hybrid healthcare'?
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Sophie Smith is founder and CEO of Nabta Health, the company she launched in 2017 to create the Middle East’s first hybrid model of elective, preventative health care. Nabta Health offers a range of online testing for the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic diseases, and unlike so many healthcare startups, they are focusing on women in emerging markets. Sophie also speaks about some of the biggest health problems women are facing today, and what

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Hybrid healthcare with Nabta Health’s Sophie Smith

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Hybrid healthcare with Nabta Health's Sophie Smith
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Sophie Smith is founder and CEO of Nabta Health, the company she launched in 2017 to create the Middle East’s first hybrid model of elective, preventative health care. Nabta Health offers a range of online testing for the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic diseases, and unlike so many healthcare startups, they are focusing on women in emerging markets. Sophie also speaks about some of the biggest health problems women are facing today, and what

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