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

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. 

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.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sex-ed-for-sex-med/id1627766292

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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. 

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