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S1 Ep45: Religion, Culture on Sexual Practices with Dr. Sameena Rahman Oct 26, 2022

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The impact of religion and culture on sexual function…and dysfunction is fascinating and complex. In this episode I am joined by Dr. Seemena Rahman, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Ob-Gyn at Northwestern University and one of the few experts in the study of the impact of religion on sexual function. Dr. Rahman published a pivotal scientific paper in Sexual Medicine Reviews about female sexual dysfunction among Muslin women
Dr. Streicher and Dr. Rahman discuss:

The impact of colonialism on sexual expression in the Muslim world
In general, the impact of religion on sexuality
If religious women tend to have more sex, or less sex
The impact of maintaining virginity prior to marriage on sexual satisfaction later in life
Religions that emphasize that female pleasure is as important as male pleasure
If the timing of intercourse is dictated in religions other than Judaism
Buddhism and sexual practices
The attitude of various religions on oral sex, anal sex, and masturbation?
Religious attitudes towards post menopause sex when reproduction is no longer possible
If pleasure or reproduction is emphasized in most religions
Sexual dysfunction and sexual abuse in Muslim women
If observant women get better care from a doctor who is the same religion

For more information on Dr. Rahman

Dr. Rahman’s Website: cgcchicago.com
Instagram: @gynogirl
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/drsamchicago/

Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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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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

S1 Ep43: THE POWER of the PILLOW: The Ergonomics of Sex ... with Dr. Heather Howard Oct 13, 2022

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For people with a physical challenge, such as back pain, a hip replacement, arthritis, or generalized weakness, the mechanics of having sex make it seem out of the question. But no matter the physical challenge, both solo, and partnered sex can be not only possible but pleasurable. In this episode, Dr. Streicher chats with Dr. Heather Howard, a clinical sexologist, the founder of The Center for Sexual Health and Rehabilitation, and the developer of ERGOEROTICS, which facilitates sexual pleasure for people with those physical challenges that make sex...challenging.
In this episode, Dr. Streicher and Dr. Howard discuss:

The definition of ERGO-EROTICS
Why THE BED is not always the best place to have sex
The power of the PILLOW
Post HIP replacement ergonomics
Tips for those with ARTHRITIS
Why a sex “DRESS REHEARSAL “is helpful
DEVICES for those with arthritis to hold a vibrator
VIDEOS to help those with physical challenges
How to make ergonomic ADJUSTMENTS

For more information on this topic:
https://heatherhoward.com/
https://ergoerotics.com/

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

Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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

S1 Ep41: Why Men Go Missing in Bed with Dr. Steven Snyder Sep 29, 2022

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Dr. Steven Snyder, an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, and the author of Love Worth Making - How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship is “the expert” when it comes to sex and male-female relationship issues. Dr. Streicher spent two days with Dr. Snyder filming segments for the Today Show and particularly loved his explanation of “why men go missing in bed”
In this episode, Dr. Streicher and Dr. Snyder discuss:

How men are different from women
What we can learn from the sex lives of rats (as in rodents, not awful men)
If SEX DATES are a good idea
The advantage of Dr. Snyder’s “2 step” technique
The Concept of the “SEX KNOT”
If MEDICATIONS to improve female sexual desire are helpful
What do women say or do that “kills the moment” in bed
Unusual emotional responses to orgasm such as laughing or crying

Dr. Streicher and Dr. Snyder on The Today Show
https://www.drstreicher.com/dr-streicher-blog/2019/12/the-today-show-sex-after-fifty
https://www.drstreicher.com/dr-streicher-blog/2019/12/the-today-show-celebrates-hodas-50th-b-day-in-new-yorks-museum-of-sex

Dr. Snyder’s Web site:
https://www.sexualityresource.com/

Love Worth Making - How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship https://www.amazon.com/Love-Worth-Making-Ridiculously-Long-Lasting/dp/1250113113

Dr. Snyder Twitter- @2Sexualitytoday
For more on this topic:
Episode 8:When Painful Sex Leads to Problem Relationships with Dr. Sheryl Kingsberg

Episode 16 Minimizing the Monotony of Monogamy with Dr. Alexandra Solomon
Episode 20: Is non-monogamy having a moment? With Dr. Wednesday Martin
Episode 21: Say Yes! to Testosterone for Women
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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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Instagram @DrStreich
Twitter @DrStreicher
Facebook @DrStreicher
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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

S1 Ep40: Don’t Go With This Flow: Post Menopause Bleeding Sep 21, 2022

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Post menopause bleeding. It’s not just about making the midnight run for tampons, it’s that stomach-dropping fear that “blood equals cancer” that causes women to spend hours consulting Dr. Google for some reassurance. Although most women imagine the worst, in the overwhelming majority of cases, postmenopausal spotting or bleeding is not, is not, an indication of anything serious.
In this episode, Dr. Streicher covers:

How to know WHERE the blood is coming from
The 3 causes ofPost Menopause VAGINAL WALL BLEEDING
What causesPost Menopause CERVICAL BLEEDING
Causes of UTERINE BLEEDING Post Menopause
Uterine POLYPS
Uterine FIBROIDS post menopause
Uterine ATROPHY
Post menopause “PERIODS”
Endometrial HYPERPLASIA
Uterine CANCER and Pre-cancer
The role of ULTRASOUND and saline ultrasound
What to expect if you need an endometrial BIOPSY
When and why a D and C /HYSTEROSCOPY is needed

For more information on this topic:
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Episode 1: Is It Menopause or Some Other Pause?
Episode 23: Welcome to Peri-menopause
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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
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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

S1 Ep39: A Personal Trainer for Your Pelvic Floor with Dr. Janelle Howell Sep 14, 2022

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The key to eliminating incontinence, sexual pain and pelvic pain is to work one on one with a pelvic floor physical therapist. But while most women have a pretty good idea of what a physical therapist does when it comes to hips, and shoulders, it’s a mystery to most women what to expect from PELVIC FLOOR PT. In this episode, Dr. Streicher is joined by Janelle Howell, AKA The Vagina ReHAB doctor, who holds a doctorate in physical therapy and is board certified in women’s health PT.
Dr. Streicher and Dr. Howell discuss:

How one becomes a pelvic floor physical therapist
Why LOW BACK PAIN and pain in other parts of the body impact pelvic pain
What makes someone an EXPERT PHYSICAL THERAPIST
How CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES can impact on adult pelvic health
Why Your PT Needs to Take Complete MEDICAL HISTORY
Why a pelvic floor PT does INTERNAL vaginal work
WHAT to EXECT when you go to pelvic floor physical therapist
The problem with PELVIC FLOOR TENSION
HOW LONG it typically takes to eliminate pelvic problems
Why it is important for the therapist to COLLABORATE with the gynecologist
Why POSTURE is so important when it comes to pelvic floor health
What CONDITIONS a pelvic floor physical therapist TREATS
How pelvic floor PT helps with ORGASM
What it means when someone has pain AFTER SEX
How to FIND a good pelvic floor PT
If PT be done VIRTUALLY
TOOLS that women can use on their own
Why the phrase TIGHT VAGINA should never be used

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More on Janelle Howell:
Website: https://www.vaginarehabdoctor.com/
Instagram acct: @vaginarehabdoctor
Next Vaginal Fitness Masterclass: https://www.vaginarehabdoctor.com/next-masterclass-f3/
Affordable Vaginal Fitness & Food E guide: https://the-vagina-rehab-academy.sellfy.store/products/
How to find a Pelvic floor PT
https://pelvicrehab.com/
https://specialization.apta.org/find-a-specialist
https://www.vaginarehabdoctor.com/woc-pfpt-directory/
For more information on this topic:
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Episode 8: When Painful Sex Leads to Problem Relationships
Episode 15: Post Menopause Orgasm- Everybody Come!
Episode 27: Using Vaginal Estrogen but Sex Still Hurts Like Hell
Episode 38 Pelvic Organs Dropping? How to STOP the POP!
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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
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

S1 Ep38: Pelvic Organs Dropping? How to STOP the POP! Sep 07, 2022

Show notes

Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) isn’t a sexy topic, but it’s an important one. Dropped bladders, dropped rectums, and/or a dropped uterus are common occurrences that are uncommonly talked about
In this episode, Dr. Streicher covers:

The Definition of PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE
- UTERINE Prolapse
- Cystocele (BLADDER prolapse)
- Rectocele (RECTAL Prolapse)
RISK factors for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
SYMPTOMS of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
SPLINTING- what it is and why women do it
HISTORICAL treatments for POP
The likelihood it will get WORSE
TREATMENTS
- Pessaries
- Estrogen therapy
- SERM
- Pelvic floor PT (Episode 39 -A Personal Trainer for Your Pelvic Floor)
- Surgery

Link to graphics:https://www.drstreicher.com/dr-streicher-blog/2015/8/uterine-prolapse-risks-symptoms-and-treatment?rq=cystocele

uterine prolapse
cystocele
rectocele
splinting

For more information on this topic:
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the 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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Instagram @DrStreich
Twitter @DrStreicher
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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

S1 Ep36: How to Know You Are in Menopause If You Never Get Periods Aug 24, 2022

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Google, “when does menopause start" and you will learn that you are post menopause when you haven't had a period in 12 months. But the 12 months without a period definition is totally MEANINGLESS for the millions of women who DON'T GET PERIODS.
In this episode, Dr. Streicher discusses:

Scenarios in which women don’t get periods
- Hysterectomy
- Progestin Intrauterine Device
- Endometrial Ablation
- Hormonal contraception such as birth control pills
How to know when to START TREATMENT for menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness
When to REMOVE an IUD
When to STOP birth control pills

For more information on this topic:
Episode 1: Is It Menopause or Some Other Pause?
Episode 3: What's Up Down There? Genital Dryness & Misbehaving Bladders
Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things
Episode 23: Welcome to Peri-menopause

Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the 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 WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning, ABCNewsNow, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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

S1 Ep35: Compounding Hormones: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Aug 17, 2022

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It used to be that the term “bioidentical hormone therapy” referred exclusively to compounded hormone products. But today, the term bioidentical includes FDA approved commercial products and compounded products. A legal loophole combined with aggressive marketing has resulted in women believing that compounded hormone creams and pellets not only work better but are safer than commercially produced products.
In this episode, Dr. Streicher discusses:
The following common MISCONCEPTIONS about compounded hormones:

Misconception #1 Compounded hormones are NATURAL but all commercial hormones are synthetic or made of horse urine
Misconception #2 The estrogen in compounded hormones is DIFFERENT from the estrogen in commercial pharmaceutical products
Misconception #3 Compounded hormones are SAFER than commercial hormones
Misconception #4 Compounded PROGESTERONE will PROTECT your uterine lining
Misconception #5 Compounded hormones undergo the same QUALITY CONTROL as commercial products
Misconception #6 Compounded HT is CUSTOMIZED based on your hormone levels
Misconception #7 PRESCRIBERS of compounded hormones are hormone experts

The Problem with PELLETS
When it is OK to prescribe a compounded hormone
For more information on this topic:
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
Episode 21: Say Yes! to Testosterone for Women
Episode 31The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or Does it PREVENT Breast Cancer?
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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
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

S1 Ep34: Making the Most of Mid-Life and Beyond with Iris Krasnow Aug 10, 2022

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How is it that some women are sexier, more productive, more fulfilled, and even more relevant after the age of 50 than then when they were younger? In this episode, Dr. Streicher is joined by Iris Krasnow, a renowned journalist, a New York Times bestselling author of 7 books, and an expert when it comes to smashing stereotypes around aging.
In this episode, Dr. Streicher and Iris Krasnow discuss:

Why the first 5 decades are not necessarily your best when it comes to personal and professional fulfillment
How sex and intimacy change as life changes
Secrets to maintaining a long-term marriage or relationship
The power of female friendship

For more information about Iris Krasnow
IrisKrasnow.com
Books by Iris Krasnow:
https://iriskrasnow.com/_pages/books_by_iris_krasnow.htm

Sex after…Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes
The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What it Really Takes to Stay Married
Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons on Friendship, Courage and Loyalty
I am My Mother’s Daughter: Making Peace with Mom Before it’s Too Late
Surrendering to Yourself: You Are Your Own Soul Mate
Surrendering to Marriage: Husbands, Wives and Other Imperfections
Surrendering to Motherhood: Losing Your Mind, Finding Your Soul

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Other episodes on this topic:
Episode 8:When Painful Sex Leads to Problem Relationships with Dr. Sheryl Kingsberg
Episode 10:Dating After 50- Make it Awesome Not Awful- With Bela Gandhi
Episode 16 Minimizing the Monotony of Monogamy with Dr. Alexandra Solomon
Episode 20: Is non-monogamy having a moment? With Dr. Wednesday Martin
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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
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

S1 Ep32: Are Your Hot Flashes Making You Foggy? Forgetful? with Dr. Pauline Maki Jul 27, 2022

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If you are peri or post-menopausal and can’t remember the name of your next-door neighbor or why you walked in a room, you are not crazy, you are not heading towards dementia, and you are not alone. In this episode, Dr. Streicher is joined by Dr. Pauline Maki, a Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Obstetrics & Gynecology. For over 25 years, Dr. Maki has led a program of NIH-funded research on women and cognition, with a focus on cognitive change in menopause. She is THE expert when it comes to what happens to your brain on menopause.
*Due to a technical problem, there are periodic growling noises in this episode which could not be removed!
In this episode, Dr. Maki and Dr. Streicher discuss:

How common is it for women to be FORGETFUL when they are going through peri menopause
WHY this happens
The relationship between hot flashes and cognition
How long COGNITIVE CHANGES from hormonal changes last
If cognitive problems during peri-menopause are predicative of getting ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
The impact of MOOD on cognitive changes during the peri-menopause
Which DIET, VITAMINS, EXERCISE, ALCOHOL and other lifestyle choices help
The relationship between ADHD and cognitive changes in peri-menopause
Specific things you can do to maintain BRAIN HEALTH
What the SCIENCE says about the benefit of hormone therapy in terms of cognitive function?
If women who do NOT HAVE HOT FLASHES BENEFIT from hormone therapy
If hormone therapy decreases the risk of DEMENTIA down the road
HOW LONG someone should stay on hormone therapy to get the full cognitive benefit

For more on this topic: Episode 17 Menopause in the workplaceEpisode 22 Dreaming of Sleep with Dr. FaubionHot 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 medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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, ABCNewsNow, NBCNightlyNews, 20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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
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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