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

S3 Ep131: Why You Need to Keep Seeing a Gyne with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany


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More likely than not, if you are over 65, your internist has declared everything between your belly button and your thighs to be the “NO NEED” zone. “NO NEED”  for a pap, “NO NEED”  need for a speculum, “NO NEED”  to remove your underpants, and definitely “NO NEED”  to see a gynecologist unless you have a specific problem. But in today’s episode, I am joined by Dr. Shieva Ghofrany to explain the flaw in this reasoning and why “no complaint” is not the same as “No problem”.

We discuss specific issues that are addressed post menopause: 

  • Pap tests and other screening tests
  • The reason for a gynecologic exam in non-Pap years
  • The problem with your internist doing your Pap test
  • Other reasons the annual exam is important 
  • Conditions with no symptoms
  • STI screening
  • Sexual Health
  • Menopause issues
  • Hysterectomy
  • Insurance issues
  • Shieva Ghofrany MD
    Instagram -@drshievag
    Website: Tribecalledv.com

    For more information:

    Episode 62 Are Current Screening Guidelines Helping Women or Hurting Women? With Dr. Melissa Simon 

    Episode 102 An Insider approach to Ovarian Cancer with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany

    Episode 130- Are You Ever Done with Menopause? 


    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 health care 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 North American Menopause Society. 

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    Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat


    Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever


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