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

Latest Episodes:

S2 Ep86: Will THAT Really Help Your Hot Flashes? The TRUTH About The Impact of Lifestyle and Other Interventions Jul 27, 2023

Show notes

Many women are highly motivated to manage their hot flashes without hormones, drugs or sketchy herbs and spices. But before investing in a pricey cooling device or signing up for a year’s worth of unlimited yoga, it helps to know what works—and what doesn’t. This is part two of a three-parter on non-hormonal strategies to treat vasomotor symptoms. Part one, Episode 84, included non-hormonal prescription options. Part 3 will consist of herbal and botanical preparations.
This episode includes a discussion of the following interventions when it comes to helping hot flashes:

Cooling devices
Wardrobe adjustment
Cooling sprays
Avoidance of triggers
Exercise
Yoga
Weight Loss
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Mindfulness
Relaxation
Hypnosis
Acupuncture
Paced Respirations
Stellate Ganglion Block

Other relevant episodes:
Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!
Episode 12: Your Muscles on Menopause with Amanda Thebe
Episode 19: Menopause and Muffin Top: why women put on pounds
Episode 84 Non-Hormonal Prescription Drugs to Treat Hot Flashes
For more information:
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
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

86: When Hot Flash Hell Meets Headache Hell: Migraines and Menopause Jul 20, 2023

Show notes

It is beyond unfair that when someone with menstrual migraines is finally heading into menopause and no longer must worry about monthly migraines, those same women often experience an uptick in frequency of headaches due to the peri menopausal hormone roller coaster.
In this episode, Dr. Streicher discusses:

The relationship between hormones and migraine headaches
Why birth control pills are often not prescribed to women with migraines with aura
If it is safe for women with migraines to take hormone therapy
If hormone therapy will decrease the frequency of migraine headaches
What kind of hormone therapy is best for women with migraines

Other relevant episodes:
Episode 67- How Long Can you Safely Take Hormone Therapy?
Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!
Episode 31 The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or Does it PREVENT Breast Cancer?
Episode 78 Is Menopause Making You Moody?
For more information:
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
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

S2 Ep85: Non-Hormonal Prescription Drugs to Treat Hot Flashes Jul 13, 2023

Show notes

The 2023 Menopause Society (NAMS) position statement regarding the non-hormonal treatment of Vasomotor Symptoms- hot flashes and night sweats- was just released. Position statements are expert analyses of current studies in order to determine recommendations based on science, as opposed to what the latest Tik Tok star or celebrity is promoting. Because new studies are constantly being published, there is always new information to inform those recommendations, which is why position statements need to periodically get updated.

Because the position statement is very extensive and long, I have divided it into 3 episodes.
Part 1- Non-hormonal prescription options
Part 2 -Over the counter botanicals and dietary supplements
Part 3- Lifestyle; mind-body techniques; acupuncture and cooling devices.
In this episode, I am covering non-hormonal prescription options. My guest is one of the authors of The Menopause Society position statement, Dr. Chrisandra Shufelt. Dr. Shufelt is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society, the Chair of the Division of General Internal Medicine, Senior Consultant at the Mayo Clinic Women's Health, and Associate Director of Women's Health Research Center at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.
The drugs discussed include:

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) such as Paroxetine, Citalopram, Escitalopram
Selective Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRI) such as Desvenlafaxine, Venlafaxine
Gabapentin
Pre-gabalin
Clonidine
Oxybutynin
Suvorexant
Fezolinetant

And stick around for the wrap-up at the end. I summarize the recommendations.

Other relevant episodes:
Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!
Episode 31 The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or Does it PREVENT Breast Cancer?
Episode 77 Fezolinetant! A New Non-Hormonal Hot Flash Drug
For more information:
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.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
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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

S2 Ep84: Estrogen and Alzheimer’s Disease Jul 06, 2023

Show notes

An estimated 6.7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s dementia and woman are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s Disease as men. So does hormone therapy increase the risk of Alzheimers, decrease the risk or have no effect? That question has been in the news this last week because of a new study that suggests that hormone therapy increases the risk..a finding that is exactly opposite to other studies. But is this new study valid?
In this episode, I break down:

The difference between perimenopause brain fog and dementia
What happens in the brain with Alzheimer’s Disease
Risk factors
Why estrogen is important
What the data shows in terms of the impact of taking hormone therapy
Strategies to decrease risk

Other relevant episodes:
Episode 32: Are Your Hot Flashes Making You Foggy: Forgetful? with Dr. Pauline Maki
Episode 71 Hormone Therapy for Cognitive Function?
For more information:
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.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER

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.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
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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

S2 Ep82: Journal Club with Mary Jane Minkin MD Jun 22, 2023

Show notes

In this episode, I sit down with menopause maven Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, a clinical professor of Ob-Gyn at Yale University, to discuss articles published in the most recent edition of Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society.
We discuss the following 5 articles*:
Treating where it hurts—a randomized comparative trial of vestibule estradiol for postmenopausal dyspareunia
Goetsch MF, Garg B, Lillemon J, Clark AL. Treating where it hurts-a randomized comparative trial of vestibule estradiol for postmenopausal dyspareunia. Menopause. 2023 May 1;30(5):467-475. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002162. Epub 2023 Feb 14. PMID: 36787525.
The association between hormone therapy and the risk of lung cancer in postmenopausal women: a 16-year nationwide population-based study
Wu CC, Chung CH, Tzeng NS, Wu MJ, Tsao CH, Wu TH, Chien WC, Chen HC. The association between hormone therapy and the risk of lung cancer in postmenopausal women: a 16-year nationwide population-based study. Menopause. 2023 May 1;30(5):521-528. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002165. Epub 2023 Feb 27. PMID: 36854166.
Effects of menopausal hormone therapy on the risk of ovarian cancer:

Yuk JS, Kim M. Effects of menopausal hormone therapy on the risk of ovarian cancer: Health Insurance Database in South Korea-based cohort study. Menopause. 2023 May 1;30(5):490-496. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002176. Epub 2023 Apr 4. PMID: 37022299.
Diagnosis, causes, and treatment of dyspareunia in postmenopausal women
Streicher LF. Diagnosis, causes, and treatment of dyspareunia in postmenopausal women. Menopause. 2023 Jun 1;30(6):635-649. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002179. Epub 2023 Apr 11. PMID: 37040586.
Menopause hormone therapy and urinary symptoms: a systematic review

Christmas MM, Iyer S, Daisy C, Maristany S, Letko J, Hickey M. Menopause hormone therapy and urinary symptoms: a systematic review. Menopause. 2023 Jun 1;30(6):672-685. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002187. Epub 2023 May 16. PMID: 37192832.
*Please note: I have provided links to the articles, but they are behind a paywall, meaning you will only see a summary.
Mary Jane Minkin MD
Website: madameovary.com
Mary Jane Minkin, MD, is a clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the Yale University School of Medicine, and has been in private practice in New Haven (CT) for more than 40 years. Dr. Minkin is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology, and she practices at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She earned her medical degree from Yale Medical School and her undergraduate degree from Brown University. She did her internship and residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, the former in internal medicine, the latter in obstetrics and gynecology. She is a fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG) and has been a North American Menopause Society Certified Menopause Practitioner (NCMP) since 2002. Dr. Minkin has been Director of the Sexuality, Intimacy and Menopause clinic in the Division of Gynecological Oncology, in the Smilow cancer center at Yale New Haven Hospital since 2008. She has also been Director of the Yale Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (YOGS) since its inception in 2006.
Other episodes that address these topics:
Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things

Episode 11: Vaginal Estrogen is Not Poison

Episode 27: Using Vaginal Estrogen but Sex Still Hurts Like Hell

Episode 44 A Deep Dive into RECURRENT UTI

Episode 74 Ospemifene- A Pill a Day to Keep Dryness Away
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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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

S2 Ep81: I’m Almost 81 and Couldn’t Be Happier with That Number and My Life: A conversation with Kathryn Leigh Scott Jun 15, 2023

Show notes

It is no longer unusual for a woman to live well into her 80s or 90s, allowing for multiple career chapters. Today, my guest is 80-year-old former Playboy Bunny, actor, and author Kathryn Leigh Scott.
Kathryn Leigh Scott is best known as the actor who was the leading lady of NBCs Dark Shadow, the gothic vampire drama that is now a cult classic.
In this episode, we discuss what keeps someone youthful and productive from decade to decade. :

Why being in her 80s is an exciting time of life
Kathryn Leigh Scott’s experience as a Playboy Bunny, and how it changed her
The story behind the Gloria Steinem article
Kathryn’s years as the lead actress in Dark Shadows
Her acting life post Dark Shadows
Kathryn’s writing career
What comes next

Kathryn Leigh Scott
https://www.kathrynleighscott.com
https://twitter.com/kathleighscott
https://www.instagram.com/kathrynleighscott

Best known for playing multiple roles in the classic Gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows Kathryn Leigh Scott has also appeared in many other movies and TV shows. She is a prolific author and a former Playboy Bunny. She’s appeared in The Eleventh Green, Three Christs (2020) with Richard Gere and Juliana Margulies and Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York (2020). In addition to The Bunny Years (the 25-year history of Playboy Clubs told through the women who worked as Bunnies), Katherine has written four novels, September Girl, Jinxed, Down and Out in Beverly Heels, and Dark Passages; a memoir, Last Dance at the Savoy (Cumberland Press), and a trilogy of books on caregiving: Now With You, Now Without, The Happy Hours and A Welcome Respite
Articles by Katherine Leigh Scott
I’m turning 80 and Why I Couldn’t Be Happier with That Number and My Life
https://www.aarpethel.com/fulfillment/im-turning-80

Why This May Be the Best Time of the Day to Have Sex
https://www.aarpethel.com/relationships/why-this-might-be-the-best-time-of-day-to-have-sex
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
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

S2 Ep80: WHEN PROGESTERONE is a PROBLEM Jun 08, 2023

Show notes

Your progesterone questions…Answered!
If estrogen is the good witch, for a lot of women, progesterone is the bad witch that causes bloating, weight gain, and moodiness. Some types of progestogens may also increase the risk of breast cancer. In this episode, I am going to go through the good, the bad, and all the options when it comes to protecting your uterus when using systemic estrogen therapy.
And since I get so many questions about progesterone, I included them all.
In this episode, I cover
o Why a progestogen is prescribed when a woman takes estrogen post menopause
o The difference between a Progesterone, a Progestin, and a Progestogen
o FDA Approved stand-alone progestogens
§ Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (Provera™)
§ Micronized Progesterne (Prometrium™)

o FDA Approved ORAL Progestogens combined with estrogen
o FDA Approved TRANSDERMAL Progestogens combined with estrogen
o BAZODOXIFENE-The only FDA approved non-progestogen to protect the uterine lining (and is back on the market!)
o OFF-LABEL options used to substitute for progestogens.
§ Levonorgestrol IUD
§ The problem with taking unopposed estrogen
§ The problem with compounded transdermal progesterone
§ The problem with transvaginal progesterone
For more information on this topic:
Episode 31 The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or Does it PREVENT Breast Cancer?
Episode 35 Compounding Hormones: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Episode 51- Transdermal versus Oral Estrogen- What's the Difference?

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

Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
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.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER

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.
DrStreicher.com

Instagram @DrStreich

Twitter @DrStreicher

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

S2 Ep79: Gender Magic with Rae McDaniel Jun 01, 2023

Show notes

As a sexual medicine expert, I interact with people every day who are confused, mystified, and often put off by the very idea that someone does not define themselves by the sex they were assigned at birth. My guest isRae McDaniel - a non-binary therapist, certified sex therapist, transgender diversity and inclusion educator, and the author of Gender Magic- Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy and step into Your Most Authentic Self.
Gender Magic is not only a road map for individuals that do not neatly fit into a binary world but also for those who want to support a child, colleague, or loved one, or want to understand the transgender non-binary world better.
We start by defining the following terminology:

Cis Gender
Non-binary
Binary
Transgender
Transsexual
Queer

We then go on to discuss:

How a parent ideally would respond if either a very young child or an adult child reveals that they are non-binary or trans
Appropriate pronoun use
When the school doesn’t tell parents that their child identifies as non-binary or trans
The best way to come out to parents and other family members and friends
Frequency of regret after transition
Why a name change is important
The importance of solo sex and fantasy
The importance of therapy when transitioning
The concept of ethical curiosity
Why doing burlesque can be empowering!
What gender freedom is

Gender Magic- Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, and Step into Your Most Authentic Self https://www.amazon.com/Gender-Magic-Shamelessly-Reclaim-Authentic/dp/1538724898/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Rae McDaniel
Instagram: @theraemcdaniel and @practicalaudacity
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raemcdanielgendermagic
Websites
http://www.rae-mcdaniel.com

https://www.gendermagic.com
https://www.practicalaudacity.com
Look Down There Podcast with Michelle L’amour and Dr. Streicher
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/look-down-there/episodes/Menopause-A-New-Hope-with-Dr--Lauren-Streicher-e1p7drs/a-a8mcqrh
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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

S2 Ep78: When Menopause Makes You Moody May 25, 2023

Show notes

This episode was prompted by the following question:
“Will hormone therapy help with emotional lability, dysthymia, and crying jags? “
In this episode, I discuss:

How common it is to have depressive symptoms during perimenopause
The difference between depressive symptoms and depression
The difference between cognitive symptoms and mood symptoms
The psychosocial impact of perimenopause on mood
The biologic reason that a lack of estrogen causes emotional lability, sadness and other mood symptoms
When hormone therapy helps..and when it doesn’t
Non-hormonal options to alleviate mood symptoms

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Episode 23: Welcome to Peri-menopause
Episode 32: Are Your Hot Flashes Making You Foggy: Forgetful? with Dr. Pauline Maki
Episode 71 Hormone Therapy for Cognitive Function?

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.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER

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

Twitter @DrStreicher

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

S2 Ep77: FEZOLINETANT! The New Non-Hormonal Hot Flash Drug May 14, 2023

Show notes

This week the FDA approved FEZOLINETANT, a new NON-HORMONAL drug to get rid of HOT FLASHES. In this episode I am going to start by reviewing the science behind a hot flash, then move on to how this new drug works, how well it works and the side effects. And then, the big question:
“Is fezolinetant the way to go, or is hormone therapy the way to go?”
In this episode Dr. Streicher reviews:

The SCIENCE behind a hot flash
Why lack of estrogen causes hot flashes
HOW fezolinetant works
HOW EFFECTIVE fezolinetant works is
SIDE EFFECTS of fezolinetant
Should women take ESTROGEN or FEZOLINETANT?
Benefits of estrogen that have not been demonstrated in fezolinetant

For more information on this topic:
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

Episode 1: Is It Menopause or Some Other Pause?
Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!
Episode 9:Can Cannabis Help Your Sweats? Sleep? Sex?
Episode 17: Menopause in the workplace
Episode 31 The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or Does it PREVENT Breast Cancer?
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.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER

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.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Twitter @DrStreicher
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
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