Amy speaks with menopause specialist Jackie Piasta about:

-menopause, perimenopause, surgical menopause, and early menopause

-how the risks of hormonal replacement therapy were exaggerated by the media after the WHI study and how that’s led to unnecessary fear around HRT

-taking testosterone as part of HRT: what symptoms does it help and what data is there on it.

Who is Jackie Piasta?

Jackie Piasta, WHNP-BC, is a board-certified Women's Health and Gender-related Nurse Practitioner, menopause specialist, and founder of Monarch Health, a midlife and menopause clinic in Marietta, GA. She co-hosts the podcast "JustAsk," which focuses on women’s health topics.

Jackie is a Menopause Society Certified Clinician with The Menopause Society (formerly NAMS) and serves on the Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) for The National Menopause Foundation (NMF). She is an active member of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), The Menopause Society, The Obesity Medicine Association and the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH), where she currently serves on the advocacy and education committees.

With over 15 years of experience, Jackie has earned recognition in the media and her community as a thought leader in menopause care.

Clickable links at www.insixteenyears.com/episode139

—Newson Health Menopause Society’s Easy Prescribing Guide —Research on HRT in endometriosis patients

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