About this episode
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
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Ted Talk- https://go.ted.com/rpUSM
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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
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Episode 95 Non-hormonal options to treat VMS- Herbs Spices &Wishful Thinking
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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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