Dear Dr. Jen

"Dear Dr. Jen, so much news on heart health for women, especially surrounding menopause. Is this all fear-mongering? What do I really need to know?" Heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined, and it is also the most preventable thing that can kill you. To answer Alice's question, Dr. Jennifer Ashton sits down with Dr. Jenn Haythe: advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, co-director of the Columbia Women's Heart Center, director of its Cardio-Obstetrics Program, and one of Jen's closest friends for 30 years. They get into why women still picture heart disease as a man's disease, the pregnancy risk factors most doctors never ask about, how to take a blood pressure reading that actually means something, the three questions every woman should ask her doctor about her heart, and the phone call from a cardiologist that put Jen on hormone therapy. Chapters (00:00) Alice's question: is heart health news fear-mongering?…

"I'm really worried about a society in which we go on and off these drugs, because people will get sicker and sicker." "Dear Dr. Jen, I was just diagnosed with prediabetes. What does this mean?" About 1 in 3 Americans have been told they have prediabetes, and most of them don't get a real answer. To give one, Dr. Jennifer Ashton sits down with Dr. Anne Peters: professor of medicine at USC's Keck School of Medicine, director of the USC Clinical Diabetes Program, one of the people who literally write the diabetes guidelines, and one of the first doctors in the country to prescribe GLP-1s back in 2005. They get into why Anne wants to retire the word "prediabetes," the screening most women with a history of gestational diabetes never get, what continuous glucose monitoring can and can't tell you if you don't have diabetes, and her candid take on GLP-1s for weight loss and wellness. Chapters (00:00) The question: "I was told I have prediabetes" (02:33) How Anne became an endocrinologist (08:13) What insulin and…

"The entire floor of the operating room was covered in blood. It's a case I will remember for the rest of my life." For almost 20 years, Dr. Jennifer Ashton's job was to distill complex medical topics into 20 to 180 seconds of television. Dear Dr. Jen takes the time limit off. In this first episode, Jen shares the messenger behind the message: how an exhausted young OB-GYN with two small kids and no interest in TV ended up spending 18 years as a network medical correspondent, why that made her a better doctor, and the stories that made the biggest impact. Chapters (00:00) Welcome to Dear Dr. Jen (02:07) How television happened (08:59) The stories that made an impact (11:45) Eight days in Haiti (14:43) COVID from the dining room (17:30) Bob Iger's cruise ship question (20:33) Losing Rob (25:50) Why OB-GYN (27:42) Going back to school for nutrition (30:14) Classmates with my dad (31:03) A delivery in the lobby (33:42) The case I'll never forget (41:32) What changed after TV This one's personal. And it's only…

We hope you enjoy this 10-minute trailer of Origin Story before we release our first full episode, coming soon. For almost 20 years, Dr. Jennifer Ashton's job was to distill complex medical topics into 20 to 180 seconds of television. Dear Dr. Jen takes the time limit off. In this first look, Jen shares the messenger behind the message: how an exhausted young OB-GYN with two small kids and no interest in TV ended up spending 18 years as a network medical correspondent, why that made her a better doctor, and the stories that made the biggest impact. Ajenda: https://joinajenda.com Podcast: https://joinajenda.com/podcast Dr. Jen on Instagram: https://instagram.com/drjashton Dr. Jen on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@drjashton Ajenda on Instagram: https://instagram.com/joinajenda Chapters (00:00) Welcome to Dear Dr. Jen (02:07) How television happened (07:18) The stories that made an impact

Dr. Jen Ashton, MD breaks down what the research actually says about women’s health — no noise, no filler, just science you can use. After 12 years as ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent, she’s done with two-minute segments. Now there’s no time limit. Board-certified OB-GYN and Obesity Medicine physician. Master’s in Nutrition. She’s the doctor who connects the dots. Each week, Dr. Jen: Busts the myths your doctor never corrected Walks through the studies behind the headlines Delivers real answers on hormones, nutrition, weight & longevity