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Oct 2024
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S3 Ep149: The Menopause Society Meeting

Lauren Streicher, MD
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                                                                   Episode149
                                            The Menopause Society Meeting
                                                      Insights from an Insider

Once a year, the Menopause Society holds an annual meeting where thousands of experts gather to present their research and learn from each other. In this episode, I will discuss some of the most interesting research presented at the meeting…and explain why I didn’t attend the meeting. 

·      VOICE as a Predictor of HEALTH
·      The impact of TESTOSTERONE on the VOICE
·      How to find out if you have a GENETIC MUTATION       
·      How ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is being used to read MAMMOGRAMS
·      How a MAMMOGRAM can predict HEART DISEASE
·      How WORK can make your MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS worse
·      Delaying OVARIAN AGING
·      The impact of HOT FLASHES on the BRAIN
·      A new approach to detecting ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE early
·      HYPNOSIS to help HOT FLASHES
·      How non-hormonal HOT FLASH DRUGS can help you SLEEP
·      Continuing HORMONE THERAPY past AGE 65
·      HORMONE THERAPY and DIABETES
·      PLATELET RICH PLASMA INJECTIONS to treat VAGINAL DRYNESS
·      GLP-1 INHIBITORS to combat MENOPAUSE WEIGHT
·      The Best Way to Treat PERIMENOPAUSAL BLEEDING


For more information on these topics: 
Episode 23:  Welcome to Peri-menopause
Episode 85 Estrogen and Alzheimer’s Disease
Episode 94 Menopause and Voice 
Episode 123 Hormone Therapy After Age 60


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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. 
 

Books by Lauren Streicher, MD


                                     To Find a Menopause Clinician
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

Major Medical Centers

It may also be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who are interested in 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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