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

How is it that some women are sexier, more productive, more fulfilled, and even more relevant after the age of 50 than then when they were younger? In this episode, Dr. Streicher is joined by Iris Krasnow, a renowned journalist, a New York Times bestselling author of 7 books, and an expert when it comes to smashing stereotypes around aging.  In this episode, Dr. Streicher and Iris Krasnow discuss: Why the first 5 decades are not necessarily your best when it comes to personal and professional fulfillment How sex and intimacy change as life changes Secrets to maintaining a long-term marriage or relationship The power of female friendship For more information about Iris Krasnow IrisKrasnow.comBooks by Iris Krasnow:https://iriskrasnow.com/_pages/books_by_iris_krasnow.htm Sex after…Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What it Really Takes to Stay Married Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons on Friendship, Courage and Loyalty I am My Mother’s Daughter: Making Peace with Mom Before it’s Too Late Surrendering to Yourself: You Are Your Own Soul Mate Surrendering to Marriage: Husbands, Wives and Other Imperfections Surrendering to Motherhood: Losing Your Mind, Finding Your Soul The ETHELhttp://aarpethel.com/To subscribe (free!)  to The Ethel https://cp.email.aarp.org/TheEthelTo join the Ethel Facebook Communityhttps://www.facebook.com/aarpethelOther episodes on this topic: Episode 8:When Painful Sex Leads to Problem Relationships  with Dr. Sheryl KingsbergEpisode 10:Dating After 50- Make it Awesome Not Awful- With Bela GandhiEpisode 16  Minimizing the Monotony of Monogamy with Dr. Alexandra SolomonEpisode 20: Is non-monogamy having a moment? With Dr. Wednesday MartinLauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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.comInstagram @DrStreichTwitter @DrStreicherFacebook  @DrStreicherYouTube  DrStreicherTVBooks by Lauren Streicher, MD Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and painHot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the HeatSex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex EverThe Essential Guide to Hysterectomy

If you are peri or post-menopausal and can’t remember the name of your next-door neighbor or why you walked in a room, you are not crazy, you are not heading towards dementia, and you are not alone.  In this episode, Dr. Streicher is joined by Dr. Pauline Maki, a Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Obstetrics & Gynecology. For over 25 years, Dr. Maki has led a program of NIH-funded research on women and cognition, with a focus on cognitive change in menopause. She is THE expert when it comes to what happens to your brain on menopause.  *Due to a technical problem, there are periodic growling noises in this episode which could not be removed!  In this episode, Dr. Maki and Dr. Streicher discuss:  How common is it for women to be FORGETFUL when they are going through peri menopause  WHY this happens The relationship between hot flashes and cognition How long COGNITIVE CHANGES from hormonal changes last If cognitive problems during peri-menopause are predicative of getting ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE The impact of MOOD on cognitive changes during the peri-menopause Which DIET, VITAMINS, EXERCISE, ALCOHOL and other lifestyle choices help  The relationship between ADHD and cognitive changes in peri-menopause  Specific things you can do to maintain BRAIN HEALTH What the SCIENCE says about the benefit of hormone therapy in terms of cognitive function? If women who do NOT HAVE HOT FLASHES BENEFIT from hormone therapy If hormone therapy decreases the risk of DEMENTIA down the road HOW LONG someone should stay on hormone therapy to get the full cognitive benefit  For more on this topic:  Episode 17 Menopause in the workplace Episode 22 Dreaming of Sleep with Dr. Faubion 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 medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.  Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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, ABCNewsNow, NBCNightlyNews, 20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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 Twitter @DrStreicher 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

The number one reason women give for not taking estrogen is fear of breast cancer. This fear is based on the 2002 study which has been reevaluated and shown to be flawed in a number of ways. Despite solid proof that estrogen therapy does not cause breast cancer and other serious illness, most doctors continue to exaggerate the risks and undersell the benefits of hormone therapy. The goal of this episode is not to convince you to take estrogen. The goal is to present the data so that you can make an informed decision.  In this episode, Dr. Streicher discusses:  The original PURPOSE of the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) and how the study was designed.  The INITIAL RESULTS of the WHI study Why the design of the study was PROBLEMATIC Why the results of the WHI were NOT REPRESENTATIVE of the women who take hormone therapy today The results of the RE-ANALYSIS of the WHI How the age of women in the study, the timing of therapy, and the use of statins altered CARDIOVASCULAR data Why the use of PROGESTIN and the kind of progestin in the study changed the results.  Why TRANSDERMAL estrogens have less risk and who should use one The FACTS about the relationship of estrogen and BREAST CANCER The risk of hormone therapy COMPARED to other known risks for breast cancer The medical impact of women NOT taking HT GUIDELINES for taking hormone therapy safely For more information on this topic: Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat has a more complete discussion of the results of the WHI and includes pros and cons of every type of estrogen currently on the market.  Episode 1: Is It Menopause or Some Other Pause? Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again! Episode 11: Vaginal Estrogen is Not Poison Episode 28: The BEST approach for BREAST Cancer Screening and Risk Reduction  Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.  Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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 Twitter @DrStreicher 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

It used to be so simple. Women were just advised to get a mammogram every year. But now we have not just x-rays, but ultrasound, MRI, digital breast tomosynthesis, screening mammograms, and diagnostic mammograms. Women are confused, and frankly, a lot of doctors are also confused. I am joined by Dr. Lisa Larkin, a board-certified internist, a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society, and a nationally recognized expert in breast cancer risk assessment and prevention.  In this episode, Dr. Streicher and Dr. Larkin discuss:  The LIKLIEHOOD of developing breast cancer in different populations WHO is getting MISSED when it comes to early detection  Who should have genetic screening The problem with using over-the-counter testing such as 23 and Me When should someone start -and stop- breast cancer screening What is TOMOSYNTHESIS Who should have an MRI Who should have an ULTRASOUND Need to know info on DENSE BREASTS and why you should look at your report If it matters WHERE someone goes to get their mammogram RISK FACTORS for breast cancer that you can’t change Risk Assessment models to PREDICT your lifetime risk of breast cancer What it means when you are called back for ANOTHER VIEW RISK REDUCING drugs many women do not know about MODIFIABLE risk factors for breast cancer Why ESTROGEN is not a risk factor for breast cancer Why a PLANT-BASED DIET is beneficial Dr. Larkin’s new model for patient care, MS. Medicine Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Models Gale Model: https://www.mdcalc.com/gail-model-breast-cancer-risk Tyrer-Cusick Model: https://ibis-risk-calculator.magview.com/ Twitter: @LisaLarkinMD Facebook: @MsMedicine Instagram: @DrLarkin Website: MsMedicine.com Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.  Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning, ABCNewsNow, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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 Twitter @DrStreicher 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

Relatively minimal research is devoted to menopause even though menopause affects literally 100% of women that live past the age of 50. For women of color, the situation is far more dire.. Not only do we know less about the impact of medical conditions or therapies in mid-life black women but it is incredibly challenging for many black women to access appropriate care. My guest is Dr. Fenwa Milhouse, a urologist who is not only a talented surgeon, but uses social media to destigmatize pelvic floor & sexual conditions, as well as demonstrate the importance of representation in medicine. Dr. Streicher and Dr. Milhouse discuss: DISEASES that disproportionately affect Black women How HYSTERECTOMY impacts cardiovascular disease in Black women Why Black women are less likely to take HORMONE THERAPY BLACK CELEBRITIES and increasing awareness of health conditions BARRIERS to health care in Black underserved community Micro and Micro AGRESSIONS in the health care system The reason for and impact of IMPLICIT BIAS The challenges of a BLACK WOMAN UROLOGIST practicing in a white hospital The importance of DIVERSITY EQUITY and INCLUSION initiatives in our health system What impacts racial disparity and potential action steps to improve health in the Black community How SYSTEMIC RACISM impacts on health Dr Fenwa Famakinwa Milhouse is a fellowship-trained, board certified urologist. Originally born in Nigeria, her family immigrated to the US when she was a young child. She grew up in Texas and ended up at the University of Texas at Houston for medical school. She trained at the University of Chicago for residency and then completed a fellowship in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. She is a wife and mother of 3. Dr. Milhouse is passionate about introducing the public to the world of urology, mentoring underrepresented minorities, and diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. She uses social media to destigmatize pelvic floor & sexual conditions, as well as demonstrate the importance of representation in medicine.  IG: @drmilhouseTIKTOK @yourfavoriteurologistTwitter: @FMilhouseMDWebsite: www.yourfavoriteurologist.com The Black Women's Health Imperative- nonprofit organization created by Black women to help advance the health and wellness of Black girls and women.https://bwhi.org/Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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 Twitter @DrStreicher 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 painHot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the HeatSex Rx- Hormones , Health, and Your Best Sex EverThe Essential Guide to Hysterectomy

With women delaying pregnancy, the year you start flashing just might coincide with the year you are sending your son or daughter off to college. If you are a mid-life woman who has college-bound kids, you need to know that things have changed …a lot…since you left home and went off to school. In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Jill Grimes, a family physician and the author of The ULTIMATE College Student Health Handbook: your guide to everything from Hangovers to Homesickness.  Dr. Streicher and Dr. Grimes discuss: How CANNABIS has changed since you went to college  How to make sure your student knows when something is an EMERGENCY  DATE RAPE- what you need to tell your daughters and sons Common issues with ALCOHOL that were not common when you were in school The role of CONSENT in sexual activity PIERCING Problems How to make sure your student has information on SEXUALLY TRANSMIITTED INFECTIONS without you having to talk about it MARGARITA dermatitis (who knew?)  The essential FIRST AID KIT to send with your student Why this book is so much better than DR. GOOGLE How often should a student CALL home?  Skills and information your students need to ACCESS HEALTH CARE MENTAL HEALTH and depression in college Jill Grimes, MD, is a nationally recognized medical media expert, award-winning author, and proud mom of two awesome collegiate daughters. After two decades of private practice, Dr. Grimes now splits her time between writing, speaking, vaccinating, and seeing patients. She also enjoys speaking at The American Academy of Family Physicians, Pri-Med®, and Harvard Medical School conferences. Her latest book, The ULTIMATE College Student Health Handbook: your guide to everything from Hangovers to Homesickness, reveals what college students (& their parents) REALLY need to know about common anxieties, illnesses, injuries and so much more! Website: https://jillgrimesmd.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillGrimesMD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jillgrimesmd/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/The-Ultimate-College-Student-Health-Handbook-109901870655635/?ref=pages_you_manage Books by Dr. Grimes The ULTIMATE College Student Health Handbook: your guide to everything from Hangovers to Homesickness.  Seductive Delusions: How Everyday People Catch STIs RAINN: Rape, Abuse &Incest National Network https://www.rainn.org/ National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-HOPE Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.  Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning, ABCNewsNow, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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 Twitter @DrStreicher 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

Years before estrogen production completely shuts down, HORMONE LEVELS start to FLUCTUATE wildly during that special time of life known as PERIMENOPAUSE. Waiting out bothersome hot flashes, mood swings, and insomnia is not generally the best strategy since perimenopause can last for years. In addition, it’s not as if those symptoms magically go away when you enter menopause!   In this episode Dr. Streicher discusses: WHEN perimenopause typically starts The difference between SYMPTOMS of perimenopause and menopause SOLUTIONS to cope with perimenopausal hormonal fluctuations If taking BIRTH CONTROL PILLS is a good idea or a bad idea  HOW LONG you can safely take birth control pills The difference between birth control pills and MENOPAUSE HORMONE THERAPY (MHT) Why it is a good idea to take birth control pills CONTINUOUSLY When to start MENOPAUSE HORMONE THERAPY Further information on perimenopause can be found in 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 medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.  Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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 Twitter @DrStreicher 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

Overall, women are 40% more likely to experience insomnia than men and the numbers are even higher during perimenopause and menopause. There are many reasons for sleepless nights mid-life (beyond hot flashes!) that often go undiagnosed. In this segment, I am joined by Dr. Stephanie Faubion, the Director for Mayo Clinic's Center for Women's Health, and the medical director for The North American Menopause Society.  Dr. Streicher and Dr. Faubion cover: If FRAGMENTED sleep is restorative sleep MEDICAL CONDITIONS that can occur because of chronic insomnia The impact of mid-life STRESS on sleep The role of ALCOHOL and CANNABIS on the ability to sleep OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA What it is Atypical symptoms that occur in women Risk factors How it is diagnosed Treatment options  RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME What it is  Risk factors  How it is diagnosed  Treatment options  The pros and cons of various SLEEPING AIDS How an OVERACTIVE BLADDER contributes to insomnia Tips to improve your SLEEP HYGIENE How to find an expert in MENOPAUSE and WHY so many doctors are not trained in menopause Stephanie Faubion, MD Professor of Medicine, The Mayo Clinic Director of the Mayo Center for Women's Health Twitter: @StephFaubionMD North American Menopause Society (NAMS)  Menopause.org To find a certified menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx For more information on this topic:   Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!  Episode 3: What's Up Down There? Genital Dryness & Misbehaving Bladders   Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things   Episode 6: Your Post Menopause Urethra and Why You Should  Care- with Dr. Kelly Casperson 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 medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.  Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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 Twitter @DrStreicher 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

Prepare to rethink everything you have been taught about female sexuality. One in five couples practice open non-monogamy, yet cultural and societal expectations are that a woman have only one partner for life. Dr. Martin’s book, UNTRUE: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Adultery is Wrong-and how the new science can set us free “cuts through the junk science and regressive cultural narratives that have shaped our beliefs about female infidelity for centuries revealing, a truth both liberating and disconcerting: women are no more “naturally monogamous” than men; nor are their libidos shrinking violets.” In this episode, Dr. Streicher and Dr. Martin discuss: WHY the science of female sexuality is mis-represented, misunderstood, and usually wrong Why there is so little INFORMATION on the CLITORIS If MEN are biologically MORE SEXUAL and have higher libidos than women The difference between spontaneous and RESPONSIVE DESIRE The ORGASM GAP! Why female pleasure is such a low priority What libido DRUGS are really medicating Why the clitoris is “forward facing” instead of inside the vagina Lessons learned from primate sexual behavior, and what animal to visit next time you go to the zoo Why from an anthropologic point of view, woman are not BIOLOGICALLY programmed to have ONE PARTNER When and why women LOSE INTEREST in sex with a long-term partner, assuming that the sex is still worth having  Why monogamy is harder for women than it is for men If women CHEAT as often as men  All about “OPEN NON-MONOGAMY” What it is, how many people are monogamous, why the numbers are growing and how to broach the topic with your partner   If JEALOUSY is inevitable with openly non-monogamous couples Where in the world is the BEST PLACE to be a woman sexually For more information on Dr. Wednesday Martin, visit: WednesdayMartin.com Dr. Martin on Instagram: @WednesdayMartinphd Dr. Martin’s Books: UNTRUE: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Adultery is Wrong-and how the new science can set us free Primates of Park Avenue Stepmonster Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.  Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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 Twitter @DrStreicher 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

More than 60% of women say that their menopause symptoms decreased their productivity and quality of work and even though millions of corporate dollars are lost due to absenteeism, reduced quality of work, and health care costs, the US government and corporate America refuse to recognize or mitigate the problem. The time is way overdue to acknowledge and fix it.  In this episode Dr. Streicher discusses:  The PERSONAL and ECONOMIC impact of menopause in the workplace RESEARCH on how often specific symptoms impact specific aspects of work WHY women do not talk to their bosses about menopause symptoms How the UK addresses and REDUCES the impact Why the US needs to do what the UK is doing  UK website on Menopause in the workplace: cipd.co.uk/menopauseforHR To learn more about how hot flashes can impact productivity and longevity, take a listen to Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again! For more information on this topic:  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 medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.  Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning, ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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 Twitter @DrStreicher 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