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

In this episode, join me in my living room for a conversation between me, Christie Hefner, and the author of a just released book, Intimate Animal by Justin Garcia, an evolutionary biologist and international authority on the science of sex and relationships and the Executive Director of the world-renowned Kinsey Institute. 

The Intimate Animal explores: Why we love who we love? Why do we stay in unfulfilling relationships and stray from rewarding ones? Is it ever a good idea to open a relationship? How has the digital age affected courtship? And why do some longtime couples crash and burn while others stay madly in love? 

The difference between intimacy and sex

If evolution is driven by sex or intimacy  

Dating in a digital world

If ending a relationship is the same as a failed relationship

The number one thing people are looking for in a partner

..and much more
Dr. Justin Garcia is an evolutionary biologist and international authority on the science of sex and relationships. Since 2019, he has served as the Executive Director of the world-renowned Kinsey Institute, where he is also a Senior Scientist. Dr. Garcia holds a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology and M.S. in biomedical anthropology from Binghamton University and an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard Kennedy School.
Dr. Garcia is currently the Chief Scientific Advisor to Match where he provides expertise for the annual Singles in America study. He has co-authored over 100 academic articles and book chapters and is co-author of Evolution and Human Sexual Behavior. 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Intimate-Animal-Science-Fidelity-Live/dp/0316594032
The recent article in People Magazine mentioned during the episode:
https://people.com/justin-garcia-the-intimte-animal-essay-exclusive-11894513

To hear more about Dr. Garcia’s work with Match.com: Episode 50 Dating in a Digital World-The Kinsey Report on with Dr. Justin Garcia  

https://www.amazon.com/Intimate-Animal-Science-Fidelity-Live/dp/0316594032

COME AGAIN is a 30-part audio series to address the biological, hormonal, and medical issues that can sabotage your sex life. This solution-driven, science-based guide will help get your libido to kick in and your clitoral nerve endings to wake up.
For more information, go to DrStreicher.com/COMEAGAIN

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Lauren Streicher MD, is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. 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. 
 
LINKS

Subscribe To Dr. Streicher’s Substack

Information About COME AGAIN

Dr. Streicher’s CV and additional bio information

To Find a Menopause Clinician and Other Resources

 Glossary Of Medical Terminology

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

                                  
 
  Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is for education and information and is not intended to replace medical advice from 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.

Of all of the vulvar conditions out there, two of the most frustrating to treat are VULVODYNIA and LICHEN SCLEROSUS.  Even when properly diagnosed, treatment can be challenging. But help is on the way! 
In this episode, Dr. Andrew Goldstein discusses new cutting-edge research and treatments for both vulvodynia and lichen sclerosus. 
Dr. Goldstein describes 5 ongoing studies and how you can participate in this groundbreaking research. 
This is truly one of the most exciting and groundbreaking interviews I have ever done, which will change the lives of millions of women who suffer from vulvar conditions.
VULVODYNIA AND VESTIBULODYNIA

Definition of vulvodynia and vestibulodynia

Symptoms of vulvodynia and vestibulodynia

Why these conditions are underdiagnosed

How to get an accurate diagnosis

The role of tight pelvic floor muscles

Why it is important to examine the belly button 

Current treatments

When surgery is appropriate

3 New Vestibulodynia Research Studies! 
Ketotifen Study
Ketotifen fumarate is a topical medication used to reduce nerve sensitivity and inflammation. It was recently identified by a group of vulvodynia experts as the best option to research for treatment of provoked nerve pain at the vulvar vestibule.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of ketotifen fumarate 0.25% cream for treating vestibular nerve pain. The study will
include 4 clinic visits over an approximately 15-week period. 
Resiniferatoxin (RTX) Study
Pelvic Floor Study

LICHEN SCLEROSUS

Definition of Lichen Sclerosus (LS) 

Why it is important to treat

Who gets it

Symptoms (and lack of symptoms) of LS

Why an adequate vulvar exam is so important

Current treatment of LS

2 Research Studies
JaK-Stac Pathway Inhibitors
StrataMGT™
To participate in vulvodynia and lichen sclerosus research
E-mail: [email protected]

Other LINKS
Dr. Goldsteons webiste: vulvodynia.com
How to get a Hands-free vulvar view
Substack Post :Vulvar Care: The Dos, The Don’t and the Myths
StrataMGT can be purchased outside of a study protocol. It is NOT to be used instead of your prescribed medication, but as an adjunct.  https://us.stratamgt.com/

COME AGAIN is a 30-part audio series to address the biological, hormonal, and medical issues that can sabotage your sex life. This solution-driven, science-based guide will help get your libido to kick in and your clitoral nerve endings to wake up.
For more information, go to DrStreicher.com/COMEAGAIN

Dr. Streicher is on SUBSTACK      DrStreicher.Substack.com

Articles

Monthly News Flash Reports on recent research 

Monthly Zoom Ask Me Anything Webinar

Lauren Streicher MD, is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. 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. 
 
LINKS

Subscribe To Dr. Streicher’s Substack

Information About COME AGAIN

Dr. Streicher’s CV and additional bio information

To Find a Menopause Clinician and Other Resources

 Glossary Of Medical Terminology

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

                                  
 
  Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is for education and information and is not intended to replace medical advice from 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.

One out of ninety women will develop ovarian cancer in her lifetime. It is the second most common gynecologic cancer and the fifth leading cause of death among women from cancer. Roughly 25% percent of ovarian cancer is hereditary. If a woman is a carrier of one of the gene mutations associated with ovarian cancer, her risk is strikingly higher than the risk of the general population.  But most women who carry this genetic mutation…don’t know it. 
 My guest is Dr. Michelle Jacobson, an internationally recognized expert in menopause and cancer survivorship who has dedicated her professional life to educating women about hereditary cancer syndromes- who should be screened, and what to do with that information. She is an assistant professor at the university of Toronto, the chief of OBGYN for Osler Health Systems and the lead author of The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada Clinical Guidelines on menopause management after breast cancer and is also the host of the Hysterical Women’s Podcast.
www.covenhealth.com
Insta: @covenhealth 
We discuss how to know if you fall into a high-risk group, and if you do, what to do about it. 
We also discuss prevention and detection of ovarian cancer if you do not have a genetic predisposition. 

Link to study on use of hormone therapy with a BRCA mutation
https://drstreicher.substack.com/p/can-women-at-the-highest-risk-of

Facing Our Risk

National  Comprehensive Care Network

Dr. Michelle Jacobson
www.covenhealth.com
Insta: @covenhealth
Facebook: coven women’s health  https://www.facebook.com/share/1J4vcK2fie/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Linked in: Dr. Michelle Jacobson OBGYN  http://linkedin.com/in/dr-michelle-jacobson-obgyn-763028310

 
 
COME AGAIN is a 30-part audio series to address the biological, hormonal, and medical issues that can sabotage your sex life. This solution-driven, science-based guide will help get your libido to kick in and your clitoral nerve endings to wake up.
For more information, go to DrStreicher.com/COMEAGAIN

Dr. Streicher is on SUBSTACK      DrStreicher.Substack.com

Articles

Monthly News Flash Reports on recent research 

Monthly Zoom Ask Me Anything Webinar

Lauren Streicher MD, is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. 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. 
 
LINKS

Subscribe To Dr. Streicher’s Substack

Information About COME AGAIN

Dr. Streicher’s CV and additional bio information

To Find a Menopause Clinician and Other Resources

 Glossary Of Medical Terminology

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

                                  
 
  Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is for education and information and is not intended to replace medical advice from 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.

Women who are in the throes of menopause are never thrilled about having hot flashes, but they aren’t particularly surprised by them.  It’s other symptoms that often blindside women, including symptoms that are not often associated with menopause.
Esoteric symptoms are different than unusual symptoms. 
An unusual symptom is something that rarely occurs. An esoteric symptom, on the other hand, is one that occurs commonly, but is rarely discussed and often not well understood. 
My guest is Makeba Williams, MD, FACOG, MSCP a Professor of OB-GYN and the Director of the Center for Health Awareness and Research on Menopause at the University of Illinois
We discuss:

Tingling Skin

Other Skin Changes

Ringing in the Ears

Hearing Loss

Dry, Burning Eyes

Dry Mouth 

Facial Changes

Sleep Apnea

Voice Changes

Palpitations

Reflux, Bloating, Frequency of Bowel Movements

Arthritis/Joint Pain

Bladder Symptoms

For more information on post menopause hearing loss: Estrogen and Your Ears

For more information on post menopause dry mouth: Dry Mouth? I’m Doing Some Research

For more information on post menopause palpitations: Palpitations in Mid-life Women

For more information on post menopause gastrointestinal changes: Menopause and the Gut

COME AGAIN is a 30-part audio series to address the biological, hormonal, and medical issues that can sabotage your sex life. This solution-driven, science-based guide will help get your libido to kick in and your clitoral nerve endings to wake up.
For more information, go to DrStreicher.com/COMEAGAIN

Dr. Streicher is on SUBSTACK      DrStreicher.Substack.com

Articles

Monthly News Flash Reports on recent research 

Monthly Zoom Ask Me Anything Webinar

Lauren Streicher MD, is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. 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. 
 
LINKS

Subscribe To Dr. Streicher’s Substack

Information About COME AGAIN

Dr. Streicher’s CV and additional bio information

To Find a Menopause Clinician and Other Resources

 Glossary Of Medical Terminology

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

                                  
  Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is for education and information and is not intended to replace medical advice from 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.
 
 
 

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Dr. Jen Ashton- you know her as the chief medical correspondent for ABC News and Good Morning America, who appeared in your home every morning, explaining the hot topics in health.  

Today, we talk about her pivot into her passion- fitness and wellness- and how to incorporate into the second half of your life..and love your age. 

How Dr. Ashton ended up as an anchor on Good Morning America

How she has reinvented herself as a wellness and obesity expert

We revisit “The Reinvention Convention we participated in years ago

The key traits of women who “Love their Age.”

Why Dr. Ashton is learning to play Mah Jong

How to plan for the second half of life

For women who don’t love their age, what should they accept and… not accept

Dr. Ashton’s Wellness Experiment

The difference between wellness and longevity

What most doctors get wrong about nutrition

The concept of “nutritional gynecology”

 “Super foods”

Menopause nutrition

Exercise after age 55- for the avid exerciser and the never excerciser

Why BAREFOOT Training is important

Dr. Jennifer Ashton is board-certified in OB-GYN and Obesity Medicine with a Master’s degree in Nutrition from Columbia University. She is the Founder and President of Ajenda, a multimedia health platform focused on science-driven metabolic and hormonal health for women. For 12 years, Dr. Ashton was seen by millions of people daily on national television as the  Chief Medical Correspondent for ABC News and co-host of  GMA3: What You Need to Know.  She was the first woman and only the third physician to hold that role in network history. 

https://www.instagram.com/drjashton/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/joinajenda/?hl=en
https://www.joinajenda.com/experiment

COME AGAIN is a 30-part audio series to address the biological, hormonal, and medical issues that can sabotage your sex life. This solution-driven, science-based guide will help get your libido to kick in and your clitoral nerve endings to wake up.

For more information, go to DrStreicher.com/COMEAGAIN

Dr. Streicher is on SUBSTACK      DrStreicher.Substack.com

Articles

Monthly News Flash Reports on recent research 

Monthly Zoom Ask Me Anything Webinar

Lauren Streicher MD, is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. 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. 
 

LINKS

Subscribe To Dr. Streicher’s Substack

Information About COME AGAIN

Dr. Streicher’s CV and additional bio information

To Find a Menopause Clinician and Other Resources

 Glossary Of Medical Terminology

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

                                  

  Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is for education and information and is not intended to replace medical advice from 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.