Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and More

S1 Ep71: Hormone Therapy to Help With Cognitive Function?


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Today is day 5 of Question-and-Answer week. I am answering questions that have come in through my website, drstreicher.com, my newsletter, or social media. 
Today’s question: 
“I am 70 years old and would like to start hormone therapy since my understanding is that it will help with cognitive function. But I can’t get anyone to give me a prescription. What do you think? “

  In this episode I discuss: 
  • The impact of perimenopause on cognitive function
  • What the data shows regarding HT and cognitive function, including the WHIMS trial and the KEEPS trial
  • The concept of the critical window when it comes to starting HT
  • Why it is not advisable to start HT at age 70 to help with cognitive function
  • To ask a question, go to DrStreicher.com/podcast

    More Information
    Episode 32: Are Your Hot Flashes Making You Foggy: Forgetful? with Dr. Pauline Maki


    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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