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

S3 Ep121: Dr. Streicher and Dr. Mary Claire Haver Respond to a “New” Model to Manage Menopause


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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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    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. 

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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.




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