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While it has been established that the most optimal time to start hormone therapy is within ten years of the menopause transition or before age 60, one of the most common questions that pops up is, “Is it safe to start hormone therapy after age 60?” In this episode I have a conversation with Dr. James Simon to determine WHO is a candidate for a “late start” and HOW to evaluate if it is safe.
I also included (at the end!) breaking news on a new study that gives reassuring data about continuing hormone therapy well the age of 60.
How it was determined that the optimal time to start hormone therapy is in perimenopause or early post menopauseThe risks of starting hormone therapy after age 60How to determine individual risksTests to evaluate the cardiovascular systemWhy timing of Hormone Therapy impacts Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive function
James A. Simon, MD
Clinical Professor George Washington University
www.IntimMedicine.com
For more information on this topic:
Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!
Episode 51- Transdermal versus Oral Estrogen- What's the Difference?
Episode 116- Update! Your Heart on Hormones with Dr. Marla Mendelson
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your personal health care clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast.
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy -
In 2009 I was invited to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show as a menopause expert to counter the other menopause “expert”, actress turned author Suzanne Somers.
“Dr” Somers is not the only celebrity to help women navigate menopause. Today, Gwyneth Paltrow, Selma Hayek, Naomi Watts, and others are also doling out advice, and in some cases selling products, to manage menopause symptoms. And now, Drew Barrymore has joined the ever-growing list of actresses who have jumped on the menopause money making bandwagon. But far more women are taking their advice than the advice of medical professionals.
In this episode, I’m going to tell you why otherwise smart informed women continue to preferentially turn to celebrities and social media for help from everything from hot flashes to vaginal dryness.
Drew Barrymore’s new miracle menopause pillsMy experience on The Oprah Winfrey ShowThe problem with most celebrity and social media menopause adviceThe good thing about celebrities talking about menopauseWhy hormone balancing is not a real thingThe truth about “anti-aging” hormone expertsWhy most doctors know nothing about menopause.Related Episodes:
Episode 35 Compounding Hormones: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Episode 66 Don’t Be Duped-Misleading marketing and the FDAEpisode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy -
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Don't Mess with These Menopause Experts!
When The Lancet, one of the oldest, most respected medical journals, published a series of articles saying that “menopause had been over-medicalized”, that many symptoms were “just in her head” and that overall, women should navigate menopause “without the need for medical treatments” a group of furious menopause experts went ballistic. In this episode, Dr. Mary Claire Haver and I tell you why there was such a huge backlash from hundreds of menopause experts, and how we took action.
Dr. Haver and I address 4 specific statements from the Lancet article: “Most women navigate menopause without the need for medical treatments.”“During the menopausal transition, women should “challenge self-critical beliefs, which can…make [hot] flushes worse.”“Based on scarce data, we found no compelling evidence that risk of anxiety, bipolar disorder, or psychosis is universally elevated over the menopause transition.” “Over-medicalization of menopause can lead to disempowerment and over-treatment.” Dr. Streicher’s New Book
Come Again! A Guide to Midlife Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order)
Mary Claire Haver, MD
Website:www.thepauselife.com
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LinkedIn - The 'Pause Life with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Link to Pre-Order The New Menopause: https://thepauselife.com/pages/the-new-menopause-book
For more information from Dr. Streicher on this topic
Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!
Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen
Episode 78 Is Menopause Making You Moody?
Episode 87 Will THAT Really Help Your Hot Flashes? Lifestyle and other Interventions
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and follow Dr. Streicher on:
DrStreicher.com
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Come Again! A Guide to Midlife Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order)
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your personal healthcare clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast. -
Up to 50% percent of women who take an antidepressant have sexual problems. By age 60, roughly 1 in 4 women are taking an antidepressant. This episode is all about the science behind WHY SSRIs and other antidepressants can sabotage your sex life, and what you can do about it.
Why so many mid-life women take anti-depressantsWhy perimenopause hormonal changes trigger mood issues. Why anti-depressants impact libido and the ability to orgasm. Other things that impact on libido and orgasm in mid-life women. If all SSRIs are equally problematicThis is not a do-it-yourself project! Please speak with your personal clinician before making any changes in your medication!
Options
It may be temporary Altering the dose Switching to a different prescription Drug holidays Timing of taking your medication Switching to hormone therapy Oral PDE5 inhibitors Topical sildenafil Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
citalopram dapoxetine escitalopram fluoxetine fluvoxamine paroxetine sertraline vortioxetine Amitriptyline Amoxapine Desipramine For more information on this topic:
Episode 78 Is Menopause Making You Moody? Episode 113 Viagra! For Women?
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Come Again! A Guide to Midlife Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order)
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your personal health care clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast.
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on DrStreicher.com
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Come Again! A Guide to Midlife Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order) -
Dr. Kathleen Jordon and I sat down to discuss the two most commonly prescribed GLP- 1 Inhibitors: Semaglutide (Ozempic™) and Terzepatide (Mounjaro™)
What are GLP1 Inhibitors?How GLP-1 Inhibitors Who is a GOOD CANDIDATE to take a GLP-1 InhibitorWho is NOT a GOOD CANDIDATE based on medical conditionsOther HEALTH BENEFITS from taking a GLP1 Inhibitor besides weight lossThe COST of the drugs? INSURANCE coverage?When it is OK to get a GLP 1 inhibitor from a COMPOUNDING pharmacyWhat are the problems with some compounding pharmacyHow well these drugs workPotential side effectsWhat happens with the medicine is stoppedThe best approach to maintaining a healthy weight once the DRUG is STOPPEDWhat is on the horizon as far as new GLP1 drugsIf it is possible to be obese and healthyThe differences between the different GLP-1 drugsIf any doctor can prescribe these drugsDr. Kathleen Jordan, Midi’s Chief Medical Officer, is a board certified internist who spent decades working within the traditional healthcare system before branching out into digital health, leveraging innovative technology to care for patients in a more human way. In addition to treating women with obesity, Dr. Jordon is an expert in the management of menopause in women who are complex due to medical problems, menopause problems.
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Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy -
It was news to me that estrogen levels can impact on the likelihood of reflux, your gut microbiome, and even the frequency and consistency of your poop. It’s complicated, and I had a hard time interpreting the data, so I invited gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Ruchim to help me out.
In this episode:How and why GERD is impacted by menopause If Hormone Therapy Make GERD worse or better?The impact of hormones on the gut microbiomeHow frequency of bowel movements correlates with menopause symptomsIf an alteration in diet will change the microbiome and influence hot flashesIf an alteration in the gut microbiome can impact other serious medical conditions
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order) -
In this episode I am talking to a dermatologist that has over 100 thousand followers on Instagram. And with good reason. She is funny, she tells it like it is, she is a rock star in the world of dermatology and is my go-to when it comes to mid-life skin care, fillers, Botox, not to mention how to have more hair on your head and less hair on your face.
Dr. Ellen Gendler is a Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at NYU Langone Medical Center, where she was a co-director of the Contact Dermatitis Division for many years. Dr. Gendler is also a fellow of The American Academy of Dermatology and a former trustee of The Dermatology Foundation. She is the author of numerous scientific publications.
We cover : Sunscreen (Anthelios UVMune400)Facial estrogenSkin products that contain DNASaggy skin under the eyes and on the neckChanges in facial bone structureUpper lip line strategiesStrategies for hair lossGetting rid of facial hair (Dermaflash™) Tattoo make-upThe magic of retinoid Ellen Gendler MD
https://gendlerdermatology.com/
All of the specific products Dr. Gendler mentioned
can be found on her Instagram Page
Instagram @ellengendlermd
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For More Information on This Topic
Episode 7: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow-Menopause & Hair Loss
Episode 11: Vaginal Estrogen is Not Poison
Episode 13: Post Menopause Skin- What! Why? And How to Make it Better
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order) -
Estrogen is not only good for your brain, your bladder, and your bones, estrogen is also good for your blood vessels. And a lack of estrogen is one of the reasons, that heart disease spikes in women post menopause. Hormone therapy, if started within ten years of the menopause transition, appears to be heart protective. Today I am joined by Dr. Marla Mendelson, a cardiologist and associate professor of Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. She is also the former co-director of the Women’s Health research Institute. Dr. Mendelsohn has devoted her career to the evaluation and treatment of women’s cardiovascular health throughout the lifespan.
A new study on the impact of INSOMNIA on heart healthWhy ESTROGEN is important for heart health and vascular healthRISK FACTORS for cardiovascular disease
Family history- what’s significant, what’s not Smoking Diabetes Hypertension High cholesterol Age of Menopause Obesity Hypertension during pregnancy Why Black women have high rates of cardiovascular disease The relationship of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) on heart disease risk. How to SCREEN women for heart disease with and without a family historyWhen a STRESS TEST is appropriateIf a CORONRY CALCIUM test should be done routinelyThe impact of cardiotoxic CHEMOTHERAPY and chest RADIATIONPREVENTION of cardiovascular diseaseWARNING SIGNS of heart disease in womenWhat happens during a HEART ATTACK The relationship of HOT FLASHES and heart diseaseWhy it is generally safe and beneficial to take HORMONE THERAPY if there is heart diseaseWhy most cardiologists and internists are not comfortable recommending hormone therapy even though estrogen decreases cholesterol and triglyceridesWhy most medications given to women have only been tested in men
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy -
Gynecologists have the unique position that it is appropriate to ask personal, invasive, and otherwise inappropriate questions. One question that is standard when you go to the gynecologist is “Are you sexually active? “This seems like a reasonable question, but is, completely meaningless. In my opinion doctors can learn a lot from Dr. Ruth’s approach!
The Doctor is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life and Joie de Vivre
Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order)
To Find a Certified Menopause Practitioner
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Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Episode 8: When Painful Sex Leads to Problem Relationships with Dr. KingsbergEpisode 14: Need to Know Info About the Penis in Your Bed with Dr. Rachel RubinEpisode 16 Minimizing the Monotony of Monogamy with Dr. Alexandra SolomonEpisode 27: Using Vaginal Estrogen but Sex Still Hurts Like HellEpisode 37 Having a Positive Sexual Experience Without Testing PositiveEpisode 54 What Happens During Sex Therapy with Rachel Zar Episode 89 Faking Orgasm with Rachel ZarLauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order) -
Menopause experts rarely see patients with no medical issues. We see the patient with multiple medical problems and concerns. In this episode, I bring in menopause expert Dr. Risa Kagan to collaborate on options for a complex patient.
My name is Beth, and I am 51 years old. I’ve been flashing for 2 years with no end in sight. I really want to try estrogen not just to help my hot flashes, but also because my mom had osteoporosis. I don’t have osteoporosis yet, but I’m worried since I’ve been told I have low bone mass. My doctor won’t give me estrogen because my grandmother died from breast cancer. She wants me to take raloxifene to protect my bones and my breast, but that won’t help my flashes. I also would rather not take anything with progesterone since when I took it years ago to help with irregular periods, I got moody and bloated. I need some help here. “
*Options discussed include:
Raloxifene (Evista™)A Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (SERM) and estrogen togetherParoxitene (Brisdelle™)GabapentinFezolinetant (Veozah™)Fezolinetant and raloxifene togetherEstrogen and vaginal progestogen gel (Crinone™)Estrogen and a Progestogen IUDUnopposed estrogenConjugated equine estrogen (Premarin™) and bazodoxifene (Duavee™)*I have no financial relationship with any of the companies that sell these drugs
For more information on this topic:
Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!
Episode 31 The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or PREVENT Breast Cancer?
Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen
Episode 77 Fezolinetant! A New Non-Hormonal Hot Flash Drug
Episode 80 When Progesterone is a Problem
Episode 84 Non-Hormonal Prescription Drugs to Treat Hot Flashes
Ep 111 Bone Up with Hormone Therapy with Dr. DeSapri
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order) -
It’s so tempting. His little blue pills are sitting there and seem to solve his problem. Why not take one and see what happens? It did wonders for Samantha on Sex in the City who had earth-shattering orgasms after she took her guy’s Viagra™. Viagra™ is the trade name for sildenafil and is one of a class of drugs known as phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors, also known as PDE5 inhibitors. PDE5 inhibitors are currently only FDA-approved for men, but there are circumstances in which sildenafil and other PDE5 inhibitors can also be beneficial to women.
I discuss: If a PDE5 Inhibitor is effective in treating sexual dysfunction in womenWhat specifically a PDE5 Inhibitors will treatIf a PDE5 Inhibitor is safe for women If a PDE5 Inhibitor will ever be FDA-approved for women Compounding Pharmacy for Topical Sildenafil
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This episode is an excerpt for Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm, now available for pre-order on amazon.com
For more information on this topic:
Episode 15: Post Menopause Orgasm- Everybody Come!
Episode 21: Say Yes! to Testosterone for Women
Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen
Episode 47 Orgasm Equality with Dr. Laurie Mintz
Episode 70- Is the O Shot a Good Idea?
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order) -
In the 1960s, under the leadership of Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmo morphed from a “proper ladies' magazine” to a much racier version that was thought of as being a sex manual disguised as a woman’s magazine. The target audience was the young working woman. Women in their 60s were not reading it and were certainly not buying subscriptions for their daughters or granddaughters.
And here we are, Cosmo has just published a groundbreaking, article titled Sex after 60 based on research done in collaboration with the renowned Kinsey Institute of Sexual Research. The Kinsey research team, which I was part of, provided the questions which were ultimately answered by over 3000 women, and then analyzed the data.
In this episode, I have a conversation with sex therapist Dr. Rachel Zar, who was quoted extensively in the article, and who is, as most of you know by now, my daughter.
This episode is based on an article that was published in the January issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine.
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/interactive/a45893760/sex-after-60/
For more information on this topic:
Episode 14: Need to Know Info About the Penis in Your Bed with Dr. Rachel Rubin
Episode 16 Minimizing the Monotony of Monogamy with Dr. Alexandra Solomon
Episode50 Dating in a Digital World-The Kinsey Report on with Dr. Justin Garcia
Episode 54 What Happens During Sex Therapy with Rachel Zar
Episode 89 Faking Orgasm with Rachel Zar
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Rachel Zar PhD, LMFT, CST is a couple and family therapist and an AASECT-certified sex therapist. She is currently a clinician and clinical supervisor at Avid Intimacy in Chicago.
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order) -
While many women are aware that hormone therapy is good for the bones, it is usually thought of as a side benefit. You know, women take hormone therapy because they are flashing or can’t sleep and then are told, are told, by the way ..estrogen will also help prevent bone loss.
In the United States, there are 10 million women with OSTEOPOROSIS and 43 million women with OSTEOPENIA. Most of these women have no idea that they are at risk for a potentially life-changing or even fatal fracture and also have no idea that hormone therapy is a proven strategy to treat low bone mass and prevent osteoporosis. Today, I am joined by bone guru Dr. Kristi DeSapri to talk about the role of hormone therapy when it comes to low bone mass and osteoporosis.
In response to questions that came in on social media, we address:Is hormone therapy preventive against further bone loss or will it also help build bone? Is the same DOSE that prevents HOT FLASHES also going to protect your bones? When it comes to bone health, does it matter if you use TRANSDERMAL or ORAL estrogen?What about TESTOSTERONE? Can you use hormone therapy instead of bone-building drugs?Is it ever TOO LATE to start hormone therapy to help your bones? And so much more… For more information on this topic:
Episode 2: Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!
Episode 21: Say Yes! to Testosterone for Women
Episode 46: Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen
Episode 51: Transdermal versus Oral Estrogen- What's the Difference?
Episode 59: Boning Up on Bones: Part 1 with Dr. Kristi Tough DeSapri
Episode 61: Boning Up on Bones: Part 2 with Dr. Kristi Tough DeSapri
Episode 67: How Long Can You Safely Take Hormone Therapy?
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on DrStreicher.com
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order) -
Pregnancy tests, ovulation tests…and now the latest in tests you can do in your bathroom laboratory- Menopause Tests! Clear Blue™, who sell ovulation predictor kits and home pregnancy tests, has come out with an over-the-counter kit to help women who are “confused and wondering if what you’re feeling is the start of the menopause journey, or perhaps something else.” All you need to do is pee on a stick, and you will know if you are pre-menopause, perimenopause or post-menopause.
So, what’s the deal with these kits?
How these tests workAccuracy of home FSH testsWhy these tests can be misleadingWhy most doctors are not interested in the results of your home testReviews from women who have used this test For more information on this topic:
Episode 1: Is It Menopause or Some Other Pause?
Episode 23: Welcome to Peri-menopause
Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen
Episode 53 Not All Hot Flashes Mean Menopause
Episode 106 It’s Time to Redefine Menopause
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order) -
Jill Wine-Banks may be known to you as the Watergate Special Prosecutor who famously cross-examined Rose Mary Woods, President Nixon’s secretary, about the 18-minute gap in the Watergate tapes. In addition to multiple other high-profile jobs (scroll down for the list!) decades later, she is now an MSNBC Legal Analyst. In addition, she is the author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President. Jill is also one of the hosts of two hit podcasts- Sisters in Law, and iGen Politics. But, this is not a political podcast. I usually talk about hot flashes and hormones. So, why is Jill Wine-Banks my guest today? Because Jill Wine-Banks is the embodiment of a woman who in her 70s started multiple new chapters and at age 80, has an entirely new career.
In today’s episode, we chat about:What it was like to be one of the few women in a male-dominated and sexist professionThe impact of a sexless, loveless marriageHow she came to be the Watergate Special Prosecutor and how that changed her lifeHer experience with hot flashes and hormone therapy The secret to staying relevant and purposeful no matter what your age. And so much more…. Jill Wine-Banks
https://www.jillwinebanks.com/
The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President
Podcasts:
#Sisters in law
iGen Politics Podcast
Social Media: @jillwinebanks
Jill’s Jobs
First woman to serve as an organized crime prosecutor at the US Department of JusticeWatergate Special Prosecutor Named General Counsel of US Army by President CarterEliminated the Woman’s Army Corps and integrated women into the Regular Army and West Point and basic training.Deputy Attorney General Illinois Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the American Bar Association Chairman of the Board of Directors of Motorola's joint venture company in St. PetersburgMaytag's Vice President of Alliance Management, working extensively in Japan and Europe.Chief Officer of career and technical education for the Chicago Public Schools under Arne DuncanMSNBC Legal AnalystHost of #Sisters in law and iGen Politics Podcast podcastsAuthor of The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President More Information on this topic:
Episode 17: Menopause in the workplace
Episode 32: Are Your Hot Flashes Making You Foggy: Forgetful? with Dr. Pauline Maki
Episode 34 Making the Most of Mid-Life and Beyond with Iris Krasnow
Episode 81 From Bunny to Best Selling Author with Kathryn Leigh Scott
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm
Everybody Come! (Spring 2024- available for pre-order)
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy -
A recurrent theme in my podcasts is that most medical students and residents do not get training in sexual medicine and menopause, which is why most doctors are not experts. And why so many women get frustrated that finding solutions for their menopause symptoms is too often a do-it-yourself research project. But today, I am joined by someone who is passionate and dedicated to educating the doctors of tomorrow.
This episode was initially aired on Sex Med for Sex Ed, hosted by Dr. Terry Gibbs, an OB-GYN and the founder of The Ohio Sexual Health Collaborative, a multi-disciplinarian organization of sexual medicine clinicians.
• My paper on dyspareunia (link- there may be a paywall)
• Things that cause painful sex beyond GSM
• And why treating painful sex is often not treated appropriately
• Getting the most out of a doctor’s visit
• Use of CBD to help with painful sex
• Laser treatment for treatment of vaginal dryness
• Post-menopause orgasmic dysfunction
• Medical misinformation
• Why The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) was problematic.
• Why the word “provider” is problematic and insulting
• Update on my menopause retreats
Further information:
Link to dyspareunia paper
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37040586/
Streicher LF. Diagnosis, causes, and treatment of dyspareunia in postmenopausal women. Menopause. 2023 Jun 1;30(6):635-649. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002179.
What’s in a Name? The Problematic Term “Provider”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8560107/
Scarff JR. What's in a Name? The Problematic Term "Provider". Fed Pract. 2021 Oct;38(10):446-448. doi: 10.12788/fp.0188. PMID: 34733063; PMCID: PMC8560107.
Link to Sex Ed for Sex Med
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sex-ed-for-sex-med/id1627766292
Episode 27: Using Vaginal Estrogen but Sex Still Hurts Like Hell
Episode 46: Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen
Episode 88: Vaginal Laser - Hoax or Helpful?
Episode 91: Navigating Menopause: Celebrity Style
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and follow Dr. Streicher on DrStreicher.com or
Instagram @DrStreich
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy -
Consider the “cycle of sex” throughout our lives. In your twenties, it’s all about sex, all the time. Then there’s the baby-making years, where sex has a purpose. And before you know it, the bedroom is a place where all you want to do is get a decent night’s sleep.
The years go by, and suddenly it occurs to you that you can’t remember the last time you had sex. And if you try to get things going your brain and your body don’t necessarily cooperate. And then things get even more complex during perimenopause and menopause, when, in addition to dealing with plummeting hormones, insomnia, hot flashes. medications, stress, you may also be dealing with a rotten relationship, or no relationship.
So, what about taking a medication to give a lift to a lagging libido?
This episode is an excerpt from my upcoming book: Put the “O” Back into Your Mojo: A Guide to Post-Menopause Libido and Orgasm, now available for pre-order on Amazon.com
The definition of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) The controversy surrounding the medicalization of low libido Non-biologic factors that can lead to low libidoThe biological components of HSDDThe role of neurotransmitters in libidoWho can (should) take one of the FDA-approved drugs to boost libidoFlibanserin (Addyi™)What it isHow it is usedHow well it worksSide EffectsBremelanotide (Vyleesi™)What it isHow it is usedHow well it worksSide effectsFor more information on this topic:
Episode 16: Minimizing the Monotony of Monogamy with Dr. Alexandra Solomon
Episode 21: Say Yes! to Testosterone for Women
Episode 54: What Happens During Sex Therapy with Rachel Zar
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
DrStreicher.com
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy -
In a perfect world, an alert would pop up on your phone announcing, “You are now in perimenopause,” followed at the appropriate time by “You are now leaving perimenopause and entering post menopause.” But it’s not a perfect world, and unless you are thrust into menopause because of ovary removal or chemotherapy, in many, if not most cases, it’s hard to know what your ovaries are doing. Menopause is defined as starting when you haven't had a period in 12 months. And while that’s a very specific definition, that definition is only useful in retrospect. And the 12 months without a period definition is totally meaningless for the millions of women who don’t get periods because of maybe a hysterectomy or a uterine ablation.
I start this segment by discussing (and reading) my recent editorial on this topic in the journal, Menopause. I then go on to address: Why the current definition is problematic, confusing and impacts researchHow to know you are perimenopause or post menopause if you DON’T GET PERIODSPost HysterectomyPost Endometrial AblationWith IUD UseIf You Are Taking Birth Control PillsStarting hormone therapy when not sure what stage of menopause you are inStarting hormone therapy if you still getting periods but are having symptoms
My Editorial: Is it Time to Rethink How Menopause Is Defined
(There is a paywall so non-subscribers will not be able to access the article)
Streicher, Lauren MD, MSCP. Is it time to rethink how menopause is defined?. Menopause 30(12):p 1177-1178, December 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002276
More Information on this topic:
Episode 1: Is It Menopause or Some Other Pause?
Episode 23: Welcome to Peri-menopause
Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen
Episode 80 When Progesterone is a Problem
Episode 99 When Bleeding During Perimenopause is the Problem
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
DrStreicher.com
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy -
If you think you’re having a hard time navigating vaginal dryness, painful sex, insomnia, and hot flashes, I can guarantee that if there is a man in your life, he is also having a hard time. More likely than not, he is completely in the dark about why you are having these symptoms and what he can do to help. In this episode, I sit down with Rachel Hughes, the host of Perimenopause WTF to discuss five things guys need to know about menopause. This segment was originally aired during a live webinar on The Perry Channel.
Rachel and I also take questions from the audience. And no surprise, we came up with more than five things that men need to know to support the women in their lives. When and How to use lubricant.Understand that a vibrator is not a reflection of your inability to please her. It’s a reflection of your ability to please her.What’s with the hot flashes? Her lack of libido isn’t about you. It’s about the fact that she hasn’t slept, sex hurts like hell and she isn’t feeling great about her body changes.There is no expiration date on a vagina.How to start the conversation.
To learn more about Hello Perry, visit www.heyperry.com
https://perry.app.link/perimenopausewtf
For more information on this topic: (Episodes the guy in your life needs to listen to!)
Episode 3: What's Up Down There? Genital Dryness & Misbehaving BladdersEpisode 4: Is Your Lubricant Helping or Hurting Your Vagina?Episode 8: When Painful Sex Leads to Problem Relationships with Dr. Sheryl KingsbergEpisode 16 Minimizing the Monotony of Monogamy with Dr. Alexandra SolomonEpisode 41 Why Men go Missing in Bed with Dr. Stephen SnyderEpisode 47 Orgasm Equality with Dr. Laurie MintzEpisode 54 What Happens During Sex Therapy with Rachel ZarEpisode 78 Is Menopause Making You Moody?
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy -
I spend a lot of time talking about dry vaginas and the impact that genitourinary syndrome of menopause has on your sex life, your day-to-day comfort, and bladder function. But vaginas are not the only thing that gets dry during menopause. This episode is all about another area of the body that biologically has a lot in common with a dry vagina…and that’s your post-menopause mouth.
What mouths and vaginas have in common.How common dry mouth is in post-menopause women Other things that cause dry mouthWhy low estrogen causes dry mouthSymptoms of dry mouthConsequences of dry mouthThe impact of hormone therapyOther options to treat dry mouthThe role of your dentist
For more information on this topic:
Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things
Episode 11: Vaginal Estrogen is Not Poison
Episode 44: A Deep Dive into RECURRENT UTI
Episode 74: Ospemifene- A Pill a Day to Keep Dryness Away
Episode 94: Menopause and Voice
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Twitter @DrStreicher
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YouTube DrStreicherTV
Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
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