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

Latest Episodes:

S3 Ep148: GYNE HACKS for Midlife Women Oct 03, 2024

Show notes

You know what a Hack is…something that solves a problem, simplifies a task or reduces frustration. Who doesn’t love a good hack? This episode is loaded with GYNECOLOGIC HACKS ...your gyne never told you. Useful tips, tricks and solutions for frustrating gyne problems. Alternative uses for products that are intended to be used on your vulva or in your vagina. And if this does well, I’ve got plenty more.
· How to Easily Remove Your Estring™ Hack
· Hands-Free Vulvar View Hack
· Expired Birth Control Pill Hack
· Ditch Your Vaginal Estrogen Applicator Hack
· Silicone Lubricant Hacks
· Electric Toothbrush Vibrator Hack
· How to Use Silicone Lube with Your Silicone Toy Hack
Head on over to Tick Tock, Youtube or Instagram for a video.
https://www.youtube.com/c/drstreichertv
https://www.instagram.com/drstreich
https://www.facebook.com/DrStreicher/
https://www.linkedIn/DrStreicher
https://www.tiktok.com/@drstreicher
For more information:
o Erosscia Ceola- toothbrush vibrator extension

Episode 89 Faking Orgasm with Rachel Zar
Episode 96 Is your Lubricant HELPING or HURTING Your Vagina?
Episode 144 Estrogen and Skin? The Facts!

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.
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 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.
Menopause Masterplan

Dr. Streicher offers one-on-one and group informational and educational Menopause Masterplan sessions. For more information: https://www.drstreicher.com/menopause-master-plan

DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
LinkedIn @DrStreicher

Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

To Find a Menopause Clinician

Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen

Midi Health joinmidi.com

Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country.
The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

To find a menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx
Put in your zip code and designate NCMP or CMSP to get a certified menopause practitioner. While all people on this list have passed a competency examination, Dr. Streicher does not vouch for every one of these clinicians. Most are excellent.

Major Medical Centers
It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause.
If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher:
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org

S3 Ep149: Orgasm Equality with Dr. Laurie Mintz Sep 26, 2024

Show notes

There is a long history of women not only not knowing nothing about sexual pleasure but being made to feel as if there is something dangerous and wrong with them if they seek it. My guest for this episode is Dr. Laurie Mintz a professor, a therapist, and the author of “Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters- and how to get it”, the groundbreaking book that changed not only how millions of women, and men, think about female sexual pleasure, but how women can OWN sexual pleasure.

Why, HISTORICALLY, women have not been educated about the clitoris and its role in female pleasure and orgasm
Why Dr. Mintz wrote Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters
Why women often feel SHAME about the appearance of their genitalia
Why women still believe that orgasm will occur during intercourse
The anthropological explanation for why the clitoris is (biologically) is OUTSIDE the vagina
What is meant by “ORGASM EQUALITY”
The POLITICS of orgasm
Why it is important to have a SEX SCRIPT
Why PORN is problematic
MASTURBATION education
Why a vibrator is a TOOL, not a TOY
What a VIBRATOR and a RAFT have in common
MEN and Vibrators
The problem with SEX EDUCATION in America
Why MINDFULNESS is so important when it comes to sexual pleasure
LABIAL diversity
The purpose of PUBIC HAIR

Laurie Mintz, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Florida
Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters
A Tired Woman’s Guide to Passionate Sex
www.drlauriemintz.com
Dr. Mintz’s Tedx Talk: A New Revolution for Orgasm Equality
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram @DrLaurieMintz
LINKS
OMG YES: The Science of Women’s Pleasure
The Labia Library
Gyno Diversity
FOR MORE INFORMATION

Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Episode 15: Post Menopause Orgasm- Everybody Come!
Episode 29: Has Your Hysterectomy Hijacked Your Sex Life?
Episode 21: Say Yes! to Testosterone for Women

S3 Ep145: TESTOSTERONE for ALL? with Kelly Casperson MD Sep 12, 2024

Show notes

Put a group of menopause experts in a room, and there are certain things everyone will agree on. But there are other topics, that do not result in universal agreement. And, usually, when that happens, it’s the battle of the academic purists vs …everyone else. And in the menopause world right now, there is no more controversial topic than the use of testosterone as part of the standard hormone therapy cocktail.

So today, Dr. Kelly Casperson, the host of the You Are Not Broken podcast, and I will discuss WHY there is controversy and where that leaves us in advising women on what is in their best interest. Put two opinionated podcasters in the same room…well, all I can say is, strap in.

Kelly Casperson MD

https://kellycaspersonmd.com/

You Are NOT Broken: Stop “Shoulding” All Over Your Sex Life

You Are Not Broken Podcast

· Why testosterone is not FDA-approved for women
· The difference between hormone therapy and hormone replacement
· Who would most benefit from testosterone therapy
· Why “off label” does not mean “off limits”
· Proven benefits of testosterone
· Potential benefits of testosterone
· What is known about the safety of testosterone in women
· What we have learned from transgender men
· Appropriate labs to get before initiating testosterone therapy
· What to do if SHBG is elevated
· The Problem with Pellets
· Why it’s important to give women choices
· If testosterone should ever be applied to the clitoris

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.
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 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.
Menopause Masterplan

Dr. Streicher offers one-on-one and group informational and educational Menopause Masterplan sessions. For more information: https://www.drstreicher.com/menopause-master-plan

DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
LinkedIn @DrStreicher

Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

To Find a Menopause Clinician

Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen

Midi Health joinmidi.com
Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country.
The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

To find a menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx
Put in your zip code and designate NCMP or CMSP to get a certified menopause practitioner. While all people on this list have passed a competency examination, Dr. Streicher does not vouch for every one of these clinicians. Most are excellent.

Major Medical Centers

It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause.
If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher:
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org

S3 Ep144: ESTROGEN for the FACE? THE FACTS! Sep 05, 2024

Show notes

Something happens to skin after your 40th birthday, and that something isn’t good. So is it just a coincidence that wrinkles and sags show up at the same time your periods disappear, or is it just one of those mid-life things? The answer is both. Post menopause skin without estrogen is dryer, thinner, blotchier, hairier, and wrinklier. So, is TOPICAL ESTROGEN the answer? And is it safe?

The specific impact of loss of estrogen on skin
Why bone loss impacts the way your face looks
Why you get increased facial hair post menopause
When estrogen was in over-the-counter facial creams.
Why the FDA stopped allowing the sale of over-the-counter estrogen
Studies that demonstrate that topical facial estrogen cream is safe and effective
How systemic estrogen benefits skin
Options to get facial estrogen cream
How to use it
Strategies to remove facial hair

For more information:
Episode 117 Top Tips for Terrific Skin & Hair with Dr. Ellen Gendler

Episode 139 Hair Today -Gone Tomorrow- Part 1

Episode 141 Hair Today -Gone Tomorrow-Part 2

Rzepecki A, et al. Estrogen-deficient skin: The role of topical therapy International Journal of Women's Dermatology 2019
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30997378/

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.
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 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.
Menopause Masterplan

Dr. Streicher offers one-on-one and group informational and educational Menopause Masterplan sessions. For more information: https://www.drstreicher.com/menopause-master-plan
DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
LinkedIn @DrStreicher

Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

To Find a Menopause Clinician

Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen

To find a menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx
Put in your zip code and designate NCMP or CMSP to get a certified menopause practitioner. While all people on this list have passed a competency examination, Dr. Streicher does not vouch for every one of these clinicians. Most are excellent.

S3 Ep143: Who Do You Believe When Experts Disagree? with Tamsen Fadal Aug 29, 2024

Show notes

In a world where women are barraged with information when it comes to how best to manage menopause, it can be overwhelming and confusing. Between having their symptoms dismissed by their regular physician, and then being overwhelmed with information on social media, it’s hard to know what’s fact and hype. And what do you do when the doctor you trust, tells you that the social media expert you also trust is wrong?
In this episode, I chat with Tamsen Fadal, a menopause advocate who has made it her mission to help perimenopausal and menopausal women navigate through the information and disinformation to get the correct information when it comes to maximizing their health.

Tamsen’s own experience when she entered menopause
Why Tamsen switched careers to become a menopause advocate
How do you know an expert is really an expert?
The best way to find a menopause expert
The impact of telehealth on finding a menopause expert
What to do if your own doctor is not a menopause expert
Why women put relatability over expertise
Hot to figure out if a social media expert is an expert
What to do when a social media expert disagrees with your own doctor
Do healthcare clinicians need to act professionally in their private lives?
What I think when it comes to being strictly evidence-based

Tamsen Fadal
https://www.tamsenfadal.com/
Social Media-@tamsenfadal
For more information on this topic:
Episode 10: Dating After 50- Make it Awesome Not Awful- With Bela Gandhi
Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen
Episode 124 All Hormones Are Not Created Equal with Dr. James Simon
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.
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
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

S3 Ep142: Don’t Go with This Flow: Post Menopause Bleeding Aug 22, 2024

Show notes

It can be terrifying to have bleeding when you are post-menopause. 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. But, although most women imagine the worst, in most cases, postmenopausal spotting or bleeding is not, is not, an indication of anything serious.

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
- Uterine ATROPHY
Post menopause “PERIODS”
Endometrial HYPERPLASIA
Uterine CANCER and Pre-cancer
The role of ULTRASOUND and saline ultrasound
The Why and What to expect of endometrial BIOPSIES
When and why a D and C /HYSTEROSCOPY is needed

Link to newsletter on hormone disrupters: https://mailchi.mp/drstreicher.com/august-2024-inside-information-newsletter-17984227

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
Episode 57 Uterine Cancer: Reducing Your Risk
Episode 92 Estrogen Cancer Conundrums?
Ep 99 When Bleeding During Perimenopause is the Problem
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER

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.
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 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.
Menopause Masterplan

Dr. Streicher offers one-on-one and group informational and educational Menopause Masterplan sessions. For more information: https://www.drstreicher.com/menopause-master-plan

DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
LinkedIn @DrStreicher

Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

To Find a Menopause Clinician

Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen

To find a menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx
Put in your zip code and designate NCMP or CMSP to get a certified menopause practitioner. While all people on this list have passed a competency examination, Dr. Streicher does not vouch for every one of these clinicians. Most are excellent.

S3 Ep141: When Your Hair Today is Gone Tomorrow - PART 2 Aug 15, 2024

Show notes

In Part 1 on Mid-Life Hair Loss, I covered hair care strategies, vitamins, and supplements. And pretty much every section ended with the equivalent of “Don’t waste your money.” This episode has useful advice to get those follicles to kick in and significantly increase the hair on your head.

TOPICAL minoxidil
ORAL minoxidil
FINASTERIDE
Dutasteride
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP Injections)
Low Light LASER
HORMONE THERAPY
- Testosterone
- Estrogen

Also of interest:
Episode 139 Hair When Your Hair Today is Gone Tomorrow
Episode 117 Top Tips for Terrific Skin & Hair with Dr. Ellen Gendler
Episode 122 Navigating Menopause Celebrity Style- Here We Go Again!

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.
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 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.
Menopause Masterplan

Dr. Streicher offers one-on-one and group informational and educational Menopause Masterplan sessions. For more information: https://www.drstreicher.com/menopause-master-plan

DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
LinkedIn @DrStreicher

Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

To Find a Menopause Clinician

Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen

To find a menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx
Put in your zip code and designate NCMP or CMSP to get a certified menopause practitioner. While everyone on this list has passed a competency examination, Dr. Streicher does not vouch for every clinician. Most are excellent.

S3 Ep140: Stress Incontinence- You Go Girl- But Only When You Want To ( A Hot Flash-Back Episode) with Dr. Rachel Rubin Aug 08, 2024

Show notes

The market for adult diapers in the US is almost as large as the market for baby diapers. Part of this trend is because birth rates have slowed and longevity continues to lengthen. Still, the other reason why almost 50% of adults experience some form of urinary incontinence is due to an increase in risk factors. Today, with my guest, urologist Dr. Rachel Rubin, I am taking on the taboo topic of urinary incontinence- why it happens and how to make it go away.
This episode originally aired during Season 1

We discuss:

The difference between urge, stress, and mixed incontinence
Risk factors for developing stress incontinence
Ways to manage incontinence.
- Diapers and pads
- Urine absorbent underwear
- Pessaries and other vaginal support devices
The impact of local vaginal estrogen on incontinence
The impact of systemic estrogen on stress incontinence
Why it is important to have an exam when treated for incontinence
Strategies to treat a dysfunctional pelvic floor
- Pelvic floor physical therapy
- Kegel exercises- and why they rarely work
- Over-the-counter devices
Why medications for overactive bladder do not work to treat stress incontinence
Urethral bulking agents as an option
When surgery is appropriate
If a hysterectomy increases the risk of incontinence
If Botox in the bladder will help
How to find an expert in incontinence

RachelrubinMD.com
Twitter: @DrRachelRubin
Insta: @DrRachelRubin
Other Episodes of Interest
Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things
Episode 6: Your Post Menopause Urethra and Why You Should Care- with Dr. Kelly Casperson
Episode 15 Need to Know Info About the Penis in Your Bed with Dr. Rachel Rubin
Episode 38 Pelvic Organs Dropping? How to STOP the POP!
Episode 39 A Personal Trainer for Your Pelvic Floor with Dr. Janelle Howell
To find a pelvic floor physical therapist
https://pelvicrehab.com/
https://specialization.apta.org/find-a-specialist
To find a specialist in urogynecology
American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS.org)
Society of Urodynamics, female pelvic surgery and urogenital reconstruction -sufuorg.com

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.
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 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.

Menopause Masterplan Sessions.
Dr. Streicher offers one one-on-one and group informational and educational Menopause Masterplan sessions. For more information: https://www.drstreicher.com/menopause-master-plan

· DrStreicher.com
· Instagram @DrStreich
· Facebook @DrStreicher
· YouTube DrStreicherTV
· LinkedIn @DrStreicher

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

Come Again! A Guide to Midlife Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order)

To Find a Menopause Clinician
Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen

Midi Health joinmidi.com
Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country.
The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org
To find a menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx
Put in your zip code and designate NCMP or CMSP to get a certified menopause practitioner. While all people on this list have passed a competency examination, Dr. Streicher does not vouch for every one of these clinicians. Most are excellent.
Major Medical Centers
It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors that have an interest and expertise in menopause.
If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher:
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org
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S3 Ep139: Hair Today- Gone Tomorrow-Part 1 Aug 01, 2024

Show notes

For guys, middle-aged hair loss is upsetting, but not something that generally prompts a doctor’s appointment. But that is not the case for women that are suddenly seeing a lot more scalp. While not exactly a medical emergency, it qualifies as an emotional emergency.
This is PART 1 of 2 parts on post-menopause hair loss. This episode covers hair care strategies, vitamins, and supplements. PART 2 will include pharmaceuticals such as topical minoxidil, oral minoxidil, finasteride, platelet rich plasma injections, estrogen and testosterone therapy.
Part 1:

WHY women lose hair mid-life
NON-HORMONAL causes of hair loss
What androgenic alopecia looks like
Things to AVOID to minimize hair loss
WHICH of the following interventions work
- Scalp massage
- Low level laser
- Hair vitamins
- Hair supplements such as Nutrafol™
What DR. ELLEN GENDLER has to say about vitamins and supplements

Also of interest:
Episode 117 Top Tips for Terrific Skin & Hair with Dr. Ellen Gendler

Episode 122 Navigating Menopause Celebrity Style- Here We go Again!

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.
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 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.

Menopause Masterplan Sessions.

Dr. Streicher offers one one-on-one and group informational and educational Menopause Masterplan sessions. For more information: https://www.drstreicher.com/menopause-master-plan

Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on

DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
LinkedIn @DrStreicher

Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

To Find a Menopause Clinician

Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen

Midi Health joinmidi.com

Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country.
The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

To find a menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx
Put in your zip code and designate NCMP or CMSP to get a certified menopause practitioner. While all people on this list have passed a competency examination, Dr. Streicher does not vouch for every one of these clinicians. Most are excellent.

Major Medical Centers
It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors that have an interest and expertise in menopause.
If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher:
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org

S3 Ep138: The Shocking Trend Happening in Bedrooms with Debby Herbenick PhD Jul 25, 2024

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A recent New York Times article was titled “The Troubling Trend in Teenage Sex”. Before I even clicked, I knew what that troubling trend was since I had recently attended a medical conference where I heard a lecture from Dr. Debbie Herbenick about the increasing numbers of young adults who were including CHOKING as part of their sexual repertoire. Today I am having a conversation with Dr. Herbenick about how common this practice has become, why it is problematic, along with other current trends in sexual practices across America, and in all age groups.

What SEXUAL PLEASURE looks like and if that has changed over the years
What SPECIFICALLY is HAPPENING when someone incorporates “choking” into their sexual practice
HOW COMMON this practice is
If this is CONSENSUAL
If CHOKING is common off college campuses
The short- and long-term MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES of choking
WHAT PARENTS of teens and young adults NEED to KNOW
HOW TO TALK TO YOUR TEEN and young adult about difficult topics
If people have DIED from this practice
The LEGAL PROSPECTIVE of rough sex
Dr. Herbenick’s NEW RESEARCH on SEX TOYS and vibrator use
If the ORGASM GAP is narrowing among adult men and women
INNOVATIVE SEX TOYS such as The Womanizer
If sexual practices today mirror what is seen in PORNOGRAPHY
As people AGE, do they watch more or less porn?
If men watch different types of pornography than women
How PORN has CHANGED

New York Times Article –“The Troubling Trend in Teenage Sex”

Dr. Herbenick’s Books
Yes, Your Kid: What Parents Need to Know About Today's Teens and Sex
Read My Lips: A Complete Guide to the Vagina and Vulva
Because It Feels Good: A Woman's Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction
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.

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 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

Come Again! A Guide to Midlife Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order)

To Find a Menopause Clinician

Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen

Midi Health joinmidi.com
Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and also takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country.
The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org
To find a menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx
Put in your zip code and designate NCMP or CMSP to get a certified menopause practitioner. While all people on this list have passed a competency examination, Dr. Streicher does not vouch for every one of these clinicians. Most are excellent.
Major Medical Centers
It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause.
If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher:
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org

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