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Hot flashes, vaginal dryness, leaky bladders, weight gain, hair loss, inability to orgasm? Nothing is off limits in these fact filled, solution-driven and often surprisingly funny podcasts that address the specific symptoms women face as they navigate perimenopause and post-menopause. Each segment is like having an in-depth consultation with Dr. Lauren Streicher, a nationally recognized menopause expert and the Medical Director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. Guests will include other experts on all things menopause.  So strap in- it’s going to be quite the ride! This is THE podcast for accurate information about menopause but is not meant to be personal medical advice.

Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: THE Menopause Podcast Lauren Streicher, MD

    • Health & Fitness

Hot flashes, vaginal dryness, leaky bladders, weight gain, hair loss, inability to orgasm? Nothing is off limits in these fact filled, solution-driven and often surprisingly funny podcasts that address the specific symptoms women face as they navigate perimenopause and post-menopause. Each segment is like having an in-depth consultation with Dr. Lauren Streicher, a nationally recognized menopause expert and the Medical Director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. Guests will include other experts on all things menopause.  So strap in- it’s going to be quite the ride! This is THE podcast for accurate information about menopause but is not meant to be personal medical advice.

    The Itchy Vulva (and Not So Itchy Vulva) with Dr. Jill Krapf

    The Itchy Vulva (and Not So Itchy Vulva) with Dr. Jill Krapf

    Men have always had the obvious advantage of inspecting their genitalia with essentially no effort on their part. For women, it’s a little more challenging. Combine that with the recommendation that there is no need for women to have a gynecologic exam as they get older, most doctors are also not looking. Today I am joined by Dr.Jill Krapf, a gynecologist whose area of expertise is …the vulva. We will be discussing one of the most maddening, frustrating symptoms in all of gynecology- THE ITCHY VULVA , but just as important, why even if your vulva isn’t itching, why it still needs some attention. 
      
    In this episode 


    Why it is important to have a VULVAR EXAM

    Why VULVAR CANCER numbers are increasing

    HOW to inspect your vulva 
    What products can IRRITATE the vulva and should be avoided 
    When URINE is the culprit 
    The difference between a VULVAR YEAST infection and a vaginal yeast infection 
    How to get rid of CHRONIC YEAST 
    Vulvar itching from LOW ESTROGEN 
    How to know if you have a dermatologic condition such as LICHEN SCLEROSUS 
    How to get the best results from your lichen sclerosus treatment 
    If your vulvar itching could be CANCER 


    Why even if your vulva is not itchy, it still needs to get checked regularly
      
                                                         Jill Krapf MD
                                            www.jillkrapfmd.com
      
                                              Dr. Krapf Instagram 
                                https://www.instagram.com/jillkrapfmd/ 


      
    Dr. Krapf’s Lichen Sclerosus Webinar on YouTube 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vltY9mr8E68 
      
    To find a vulvar specialist: 
    Lichen Sclerosus Support Network: https://www.lssupport.net/ 
      
    The International Society for the Study of Sexual Medicine: 
     https://www.issm 
      
      
    For More info on this topic:   
    Episode 93 What’s Up Down There 
    Episode 131Why You Need to Keep Seeing a Gyne with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany
    Episode 60  Lack of Lubrication Not Always From Lack of Estrogen   
    Episode 4: Is Your Lubricant Helping or Hurting Your Vagina?
    Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things 

    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 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
    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

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Why You Need to Keep Seeing a Gyne with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany

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

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

    We discuss specific issues that are addressed post menopause: 





    Pap tests and other screening tests
    The reason for a gynecologic exam in non-Pap years
    The problem with your internist doing your Pap test
    Other reasons the annual exam is important 
    Conditions with no symptoms
    STI screening
    Sexual Health
    Menopause issues
    Hysterectomy
    Insurance issues


    Shieva Ghofrany MD
    Instagram -@drshievag
    Website: Tribecalledv.com

    For more information:

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

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

    Episode 130- Are You Ever Done with Menopause? 


    Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your personal health care clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast.

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

    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

    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

    • 57 min
    Are You Ever Done with Menopause?

    Are You Ever Done with Menopause?

    … and how to increase longevity with and without hormone therapy

    The idea that menopause only lasts for a few years is a common misconception. You may have even been told by a  medical professional that when you no longer have hot flashes, you are done with menopause!  

    But menopause means you’re no longer producing estrogen. There are hormone receptors throughout the body and there are lifelong consequences of being without estrogen even if perimenopausal symptoms are in the rear-view mirror.

    In this episode: 


    Why not every woman has long-term health issues post menopause
    The long-term impact of menopause (not aging) on
    Bone health
    Joints and muscles
    Frailty
    Cardiovascular System
    Diabetes
    Brain Function
    Vulva and  Vagina
    Sexual Function
    Urinary Tract



    How to increase your longevity without hormones
    Nine Secrets of the Blue Zones where women live to 100 (without taking estrogen) 
    If you can take hormone therapy for life



    For further information on this topic: 
    The Menopause Brain by Lisa Mosconi
    Netflix: Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones https://www.netflix.com/title/81214929






    Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!


    Episode 3: What's Up Down There? Genital Dryness & Misbehaving Bladders 


    Episode 59 - Boning Up on Bones: Part 1 with Dr. Kristi Tough DeSapri (Risk Factors for osteoporosis, and Screening)


    Episode 123 Hormone Therapy After Age 60 with Dr. James Simon

    Episode125 Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause with Dr. Vonda Wright



    Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your personal health care clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast.


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

    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

    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

    • 21 min
    PCOS Problems Post Menopause with Dr. Allison Rodgers

    PCOS Problems Post Menopause with Dr. Allison Rodgers

    When I first learned about PCOS during my training, I was told that once a woman with PCOS hit menopause, irregular periods, excess hair growth dealing with fertility problems and other manifestations of PCOS were in the rear-view mirror. And that’s true, but we now know that women who had PCOS during the reproductive years, are not entirely off the hook down the road and that PCOS early in life is associated with several health issues later in life.  Today I am having a conversation with reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Alison Rogers, about the impact of PCOS later in life. 






    The history of PCOS, AKA Stein Levinthal Syndrome
    What Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is
    Health concerns of young women with PCOS
    If there is a genetic predisposition to PCOS
    Why women with PCOS are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease
    What happens to women with PCOS when they go through menopause
    Post menopause risks in women with a history of PCOS
    If women with PCOS can safely use hormone therapy
    Wrap Up! 



                                                     Allison Rogers MD
                                https://www.fcionline.com/doctors/allison-rodgers/
                                       Social Media: @dr.allison.rodgers


    For more information on this topic: 
    Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!

    Episode 57 Uterine Cancer: Reducing Your Risk

    Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your personal health care clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast.

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

    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

    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

    • 35 min
    Can you Exercise Your Hot Flashes Away? A Journal Club with Dr. Maria Sophocles

    Can you Exercise Your Hot Flashes Away? A Journal Club with Dr. Maria Sophocles

    While not everyone is necessarily good about regular physical activity, no one questions that it’s good for you. Cardiovascular health, weight management, cognitive function, mood, better sleep and even reducing the risk of many kinds of cancer are all established benefits to moving as opposed to sitting on your butt all day. But, when it comes to the impact of exercise when it comes to reducing hot flashes, the jury is still out. 

    Dr. Maria Sophocles is the Medical Director of Women’s Healthcare of Princeton. She is a certified menopause practitioner and has a particular interest in non-hormonal approaches to help with menopause symptoms.  In this episode, we discussed a study that was recently published in the Journal Menopause titled “The influence of habitual physical activity and sedentary behavior on objective and subjective hot flashes at midlife” 

    Link to article: Witkowski, Sarah PhD1; White, Quinn BA1; Shreyer, Sofiya MA2; Brown, Daniel E. PhD3; Sievert, Lynnette Leidy PhD2. The influence of habitual physical activity and sedentary behavior on objective and subjective hot flashes at midlife. Menopause





    Chat about South by Southwest Panel
    Dr. Sophocles Ted Talk
    What research shows as far as exercise and hot flashes
    The Menopause Society’s statement on exercise and yoga 
    How hot flashes are measured in studies
    Perceived hot flashes versus actual hot flashes
    Findings of this study 
    Dr. Sophocles research with EmberWave™




                                                      Maria Sophocles MD
                                                     mariasophoclesmd.com
                                                       @mariasophoclesmd
                                     Ted Talk- https://go.ted.com/rpUSM


    For more information on this topic: 

    Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!

    Episode 53 Not All Hot Flashes  Mean Menopause 

    Episode 82 Journal Club with Mary Jane Minkin

    Episode 87 Will THAT Really Help Your Hot Flashes? Lifestyle and other Interventions

    Episode 95 Non-hormonal options to treat VMS- Herbs Spices &Wishful Thinking 


    Laurie Mintz

    Sheryl Kingsberg

    Amanda Thebe


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



    Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your personal health care clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast.

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

    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

    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 B

    • 43 min
    Going Bare Down There

    Going Bare Down There

    Have you ever wondered about the history of pubic hair removal, current trends, risks and benefit? In this episode, you will learn more than you ever wanted to know including:  


    The EVOLUTIONARY reason for pubic hair
    The BIOLOGIC BENEFIT of pubic hair
    A brief HISTORY of pubic hair removal trends and techniques
    Current TRENDS in pubic hair styles

    WHY women choose to remove their pubic hair
    My survey on PARTNER preference 

    HEALTH BENEFITS of pubic hair removal
    If removing hair has any SEXUAL BENEFITS


    METHODS of hair removal 
    MY ADVICE…..





    Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your personal health care clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast.

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

    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
    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

    • 18 min

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