Don't Mess with These Menopause Experts!
When The Lancet, one of the oldest, most respected medical journals, published a series of articles saying that “menopause had been over-medicalized”, that many symptoms were “just in her head” and that overall, women should navigate menopause “without the need for medical treatments” a group of furious menopause experts went ballistic. In this episode, Dr. Mary Claire Haver and I tell you why there was such a huge backlash from hundreds of menopause experts, and how we took action.
Dr. Haver and I address 4 specific statements from the Lancet article:
- “Most women navigate menopause without the need for medical treatments.”
- “During the menopausal transition, women should “challenge self-critical beliefs, which can…make [hot] flushes worse.”
- “Based on scarce data, we found no compelling evidence that risk of anxiety, bipolar disorder, or psychosis is universally elevated over the menopause transition.”
- “Over-medicalization of menopause can lead to disempowerment and over-treatment.”
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For more information from Dr. Streicher on this topic
Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!
Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen
Episode 78 Is Menopause Making You Moody?
Episode 87
Will THAT Really Help Your Hot Flashes? Lifestyle and other Interventions
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.
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Come Again! A Guide to Midlife Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order)
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
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