If you haven't finished your holiday shopping yet, I've got you covered.  In this episode, I have great gift ideas that also happen to be healthy.
There were two criteria to make it to this list. One, it had to be something I already own or would like to own. Second, there had to be a scientifically proven health benefit to using these items.
And if you have already finished your shopping, these are great gifts to buy for yourself. 

For a transcript of this episode, including video demonstrations, go to Substack.com/@DrStreicher

·      Mocktail Book

·      Silk Sleep Mask

·      Resistance Bands

·      Foldable Bike Helmut

·      Walking Pad

·      Elixer Play Amathyst Vibrator

·      Crave

·      Lube Warmer


Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society. She is the Medical Director of Community Education and Outreach for Midi Health. 

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. 

Instagram @DrStreich

Facebook @DrStreicher

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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

                                     To Find a Menopause Clinician

Midi Health   www.Joinmidi.com

Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 
 


The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

Major Medical Centers

It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause. 
 


If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher: 

The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org
 
 
 

 Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is for education and information and is not intended to replace medical advice from 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.

An “MD” after the name is no assurance that the person to whom you are about to bare your soul—and your vagina—is an expert when it comes to menopause. 
In this episode, I am going to walk you through the steps to find someone you can trust to fix your flashes, foggy brain, and failing sex life.

Head over to Substack.com/@DrStreicher for a transcript of the episode, and bonus!  I posted an article with specific questions to ask during a menopause consultation (and answers you might get) that will let you know if you can trust this person to help you manage your menopause. 

Go to substack.com/@drstreicher  for my list of specific questions to ask   (and potential answers you might get ) that are pretty good indications that the person you are seeing is an actual expert. 


Links

• To verify that a physician is licensed

Federation of State Medical Boards website 

fsmb.org

• To verify that a physician is board certified

ABMS.org is the site where you can check out whether a physician is board-certified and find out what he or she is certified in. 

• To find a certified menopause practitioner

www.menopause.org.

• To see if your physician has published any scientific articles

Midi Health   www.Joinmidi.com

Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 

• Major Medical Centers

It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause. 

The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org
 

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 and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society. She is the Medical Director of Community Education and Outreach for Midi Health. 

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. 

Instagram @DrStreich

Facebook @DrStreicher

LinkedIn @DrStreicher

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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

 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.

If you would like to read a transcript of this episode along with some additional information, head on over to my substack- substack.com/@DrStreicher

Chances are you have heard at least one expert say that systemic hormone therapy will prevent heart disease. But you also may have heard other experts say, No- if you don’t have hot flashes or low bone mass, it is not recommended to take hormone therapy to prevent heart disease down the road. So, who is right? Why is this controversial?  Isn’t the data, the data?  In this episode, I explain why experts are not all on the same page when it comes to the long-term cardiovascular benefits of hormone therapy. 


·      The Difference between a Randomized Controlled Trial and an Observational Trial

·      Why the WHI was an excellent study- and why it was problematic

·      What we learned From the WHI about Hormones and Cardiovascular Health

·      The Study of Women Across the Nation (SWAN) 

·      What we learned From the SWAN about Hormones and Cardiovascular Health

·      What we learned From the SWAN about Hormone therapy and Cardiovascular Risk

·      What we learned From the SWAN about Hormone therapy and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

·      If hormone therapy should be prescribed for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease-  the view of the two opposing sides 

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 and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society. She is the Medical Director of Community Education and Outreach for Midi Health. 

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. 

Instagram @DrStreich

Facebook @DrStreicher

LinkedIn @DrStreicher

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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

                                     To Find a Menopause Clinician

Midi Health   www.Joinmidi.com

Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 
 
 

The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

Major Medical Centers

It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause. 
 
 

If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher: 

The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org
 
 
 

 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.

Link to Steven Goldstein MD
https://www.goldsteinmd.com/services/gynecologist-perimenopause-specialist/

Link to John Rock’s Error Article

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 and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society. She is the Medical Director of Community Education and Outreach for Midi Health. 

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. 

Substack.com/@DrStreicherDrStreicher.com

Instagram @DrStreich

Facebook @DrStreicher

LinkedIn @DrStreicher

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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

                                     To Find a Menopause Clinician

Midi Health   www.Joinmidi.com
Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 


The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

Major Medical Centers
It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause. 


If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher: 
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org
 


 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.

Men have always had the clear advantage of being able to inspect their genitals with very little effort on their part. Women’s genitals are not quite as accessible, resulting in a lot more uncertainty about what’s normal and what’s not. No wonder women are frequently blindsided by not only the physical changes that occur with the onset of menopause but also symptoms like dryness, painful sex, itching, recurrent urinary tract infections, and that constant “gotta go” feeling! 

GENITOURINARY SYNDROME OF MENOPAUSE- What it is and what it means

Lubricants 

Long-Lasting Moisturizers 

Local Vaginal Estrogen 

DHEA 

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Related Episodes:
Episode 4: Is Your Lubricant Helping or Hurting Your Vagina?
Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things 
Episode 27:  Using Vaginal Estrogen but Sex Still Hurts Like Hell 
Episode 44 A Deep Dive into RECURRENT UTI
Episode 63 DHEA-An Estrogen Alternative for Vaginal Dryness 
Episode 74 Ospemifene- A Pill a Day to Keep Dryness Away 


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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

                                     To Find a Menopause Clinician

Midi Health   www.Joinmidi.com
Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 


The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

Major Medical Centers
It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause. 


If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher: 
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org
 


 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.

Studies reveal that 70% of women experience a sense of being overlooked socially and professionally once they hit 50. The term for this phenomenon is Invisible Woman Syndrome. In this episode, I am joined by Christine Morrison, who writes about the social constructs in the fashion, beauty and wellness industry that inform the way society views women, and the way women often feel about themselves as they get older. Christine Morrison’s writing has appeared in print and online vehicles such as The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Quality Edit and Margot Magazine, among others, and in advertising campaigns for Alastin Skincare, French Connection, Juicy Couture and more. Prior to focusing on writing full-time, Morrison held leadership positions in the fashion and beauty industries, including serving as Global Vice President of Beauty and Apparel Marketing for Calvin Klein. 

Her forthcoming book, “Clothes Minded: Fashionable Essays About Finding Yourself,” – in which she reflects on the meaning behind, and the humor in, the relationship between her sartorial self and formation of identity – is slated to publish Spring, 2026.

This episode will change the way you think about aging  

For information about my upcoming retreat with Dr. Ellen Gendler:
Information About the Mastering Menopause Retreat


                                               Christine Morrison
                                         Writing In Black and White
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Christine Morrison -Writing in Black and White
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Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society. She is the Medical Director of Community Education and Outreach for Midi Health. 

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. 

Instagram @DrStreich

Facebook @DrStreicher

LinkedIn @DrStreicher

         
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

                                     To Find a Menopause Clinician

Midi Health   www.Joinmidi.com
Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 


The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

Major Medical Centers
It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause. 


If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher: 
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org
 

 Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your healthcare clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast.

I give two to three lectures a week. No matter who I am talking to or what the topic is, the part I like the best is the Q and A. It’s always different and I never know what I am going to get. In this episode I answer 37 questions in  a 45 minute webinar I did on behalf of Midi Health where I am the Medical Director of Community Education and Outreach. If you are looking for in-depth explanations like I often give, you won’t get that in this episode. But, if you would like more detailed information I have listed some of the questions below along with past episodes that covered the topic in more depth.

 Some sample questions that were covered...

·      Can a woman over age 60 take HT? Episode 123 Hormone Therapy After Age 60 with Dr. James Simon

·      I went to see my doctor and she only prescribes Prempro- is it OK to take Prempro ? Episode 124 All Hormones Are Not Created Equal with Dr. James Simon

·      Is it OK to take a break in HT?

·      What is the typical cost of HT?- How many types? Is it covered by most insurance? 

·      Is it appropriate to order blood testing to optimize treatment?

·      Is it best to wait a full 12 months without a period to start HT? 

·      Will hormone therapy help my uterine prolapse get better? Episode 38 Pelvic Organs Dropping? How to STOP the POP!

·      What are the chances that Testosterone will help my libido and what are possible side effects?  Episode 21:  Say Yes! to Testosterone for Women

·      Why would a Dr. Prescribe Veozah instead of Estrogen? Episode 77 Fezolinetant! A New Non-Hormonal Hot Flash Drug

·      What causes periods to be irregular in perimenopause? Episode 23:  Welcome to Peri-menopause

·      My hot flashes came back after a long hiatus. Should I start estrogen? Episode 53 Not All Hot Flashes  Mean Menopause  

·      My Calcium score is Zero- can I take HT ? Episode 123 Hormone Therapy After Age 60 with Dr. James Simon

·      I am still using Nuva Ring for Birth control- when should I transition to HT? Episode 23:  Welcome to Peri-menopause

·      Does Estroven work? Episode 95 Non-hormonal options to treat VMS- Herbs Spices &Wishful Thinking 

·      Is it normal for orgasms to get weaker and what can be done to make it stronger?    Episode 15: Post Menopause Orgasm- Everybody Come!


                                                    About Midi Health
                                                              JoinMidi.com
              Midi is a virtual clinic specializing in perimenopause and menopause. 
       Midi offers both hormonal and non-hormonal evidence-based care from experts. 

                                 The Next Midi Ask Me Anything Webinar

                       https://www.instagram.com/midihealth/p/DBwlpqkRYTv/

                               November 20, 2024  2:00 PM/3:00 PM ET

Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society. She is the Medical Director of Community Education and Outreach for Midi Health. 

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. 

Instagram @DrStreich

Facebook @DrStreicher

LinkedIn @DrStreicher

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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

                                     To Find a Menopause Clinician

Midi Health   www.Joinmidi.com
Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 
 
 

The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

Major Medical Centers
It may also be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who are interested in and expertise in menopause. 
 
 
If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher: 
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org
 

 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.

You grab a product off the shelf—maybe it promises to help with bladder control, take off ten pounds, erase wrinkles, or boost orgasms. You assume it will do what it claims to do because it has the FDA seal on the package. Most consumers have no idea that most over-the-counter products have not been tested to ensure product claims are legitimate.

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Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your healthcare 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 Menopause Society. 

             
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. 
 
 
                   

Instagram @DrStreich

Facebook  @DrStreicher

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

The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy

                                     To Find a Menopause Clinician

• Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen
  
  

Midi Health  joinmidi.com
Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 

The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

Major Medical Centers
It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause. 
 

If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher: 
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org
 

Managing menopause in the face of cancer can be complicated. Many women are made to think that they should just be grateful to be alive and not complain about their all day all night hot flashes, brain fog and sex that is excruciatingly painful. Many oncologists are not experts when it comes to menopause or sexual function and don’t bring it up or give information that isn’t accurate. Many women aren’t aware that hormone therapy may be safe, and if it’s not, that there are non-hormonal options to solve virtually every problem. 
In this Q and A episode I am joined by Dr. Mindy Goldman, the Director of the Gynecology Center for Cancer Survivors and At-Risk Women at UCSF and the Chief Clinical Officer at Midi Health. 
• Options to treat vaginal dryness when taking an aromatase inhibitor
• Options to prevent bone loss if estrogen is not an option
• Using testosterone to help libido with a breast cancer diagnosis
• If it is OK to take hormone therapy with an ER negative breast cancer
• If it is OK to take hormone therapy with a recent or remote diagnosis of an ER positive breast cancer
• Hormone therapy with endometrial (uterine cancer)
• Hormone therapy post lung cancer
• If estrogen will decrease the risk of colon cancer if there is a genetic pre-disposition such as Lynch syndrome
• If someone is at risk of breast cancer, are some forms of hormone therapy better to use than others 
• Why you are asked about estrogen use when you have a mammogram
• Is it safe to use hormone therapy with a BRCA mutation
• Should a hysterectomy be performed along with ovary removal with ovary and tube removal
• If radiation from a mammogram increasesthe risk of getting breast cancer? 
• If it is safe to use hormone therapy with dense breasts
• And much more…

                                                        Mindy Goldman MD
                                                              JoinMidi.com
Dr. Goldman is the Chief Clincial Officer at Midi Health and a Clinical Professor Emeritus in the department of OB/GYN at UCSF, where she is also the Director of the Gynecology Center for Cancer Survivors and At-Risk Women. She has worked with both the American College of Ob/Gyn (ACOG) and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and is a nationally recognized expert in the management of women’s health issues, including menopause, for women with cancer or at high risk.


                                                      Other Episodes of Interest
Episode 92 Estrogen Cancer Conundrums?
Episode 114- Is Duovee the Ideal Hormone Therapy?
Episode 124 All Hormones Are Not Created Equal with Dr. James Simon
Episode 133 Best Breast Advice When it Comes to Hormone Therapy with Dr. Corinne Menn

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 and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society. She is the Medical Director of Community Education and Outreach for Midi Health. 
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

                                     To Find a Menopause Clinician
Midi Health   www.Joinmidi.com
Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 

The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org
• To find a menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx
• Put in your zip code and designate NCMP or CMSP to get a certified menopause practitioner. While all people on this list have passed a competency examination, Dr. Streicher does not vouch for every one of these clinicians. Most are excellent.

Major Medical Centers
It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause. 

If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher: 
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org


 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.

                                                                   Episode149
                                            The Menopause Society Meeting
                                                      Insights from an Insider

Once a year, the Menopause Society holds an annual meeting where thousands of experts gather to present their research and learn from each other. In this episode, I will discuss some of the most interesting research presented at the meeting…and explain why I didn’t attend the meeting. 

·      VOICE as a Predictor of HEALTH
·      The impact of TESTOSTERONE on the VOICE
·      How to find out if you have a GENETIC MUTATION       
·      How ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is being used to read MAMMOGRAMS
·      How a MAMMOGRAM can predict HEART DISEASE
·      How WORK can make your MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS worse
·      Delaying OVARIAN AGING
·      The impact of HOT FLASHES on the BRAIN
·      A new approach to detecting ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE early
·      HYPNOSIS to help HOT FLASHES
·      How non-hormonal HOT FLASH DRUGS can help you SLEEP
·      Continuing HORMONE THERAPY past AGE 65
·      HORMONE THERAPY and DIABETES
·      PLATELET RICH PLASMA INJECTIONS to treat VAGINAL DRYNESS
·      GLP-1 INHIBITORS to combat MENOPAUSE WEIGHT
·      The Best Way to Treat PERIMENOPAUSAL BLEEDING


For more information on these topics: 
Episode 23:  Welcome to Peri-menopause
Episode 85 Estrogen and Alzheimer’s Disease
Episode 94 Menopause and Voice 
Episode 123 Hormone Therapy After Age 60


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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.
 
 
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 Menopause Society. 
         

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. 
 

Instagram @DrStreich

Facebook  @DrStreicher

YouTube  DrStreicherTV

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

                                     To Find a Menopause Clinician

Midi Health  joinmidi.com

Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 
 
 

The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

Major Medical Centers

It may also be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who are interested in and expertise in menopause. 
 
If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher: 

The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org