Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and More
Hot flashes, vaginal dryness, leaky bladders, weight gain, hair loss, inability to orgasm? Nothing is off limits in these fact filled, solution-driven and often surprisingly funny podcasts that address the specific symptoms women face as they navigate perimenopause and post-menopause. Each segment is like having an in-depth consultation with Dr. Lauren Streicher, a nationally recognized menopause expert and the founding Medical Director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. Guests will include other experts on all things menopause. So strap in- it’s going to be quite the ride! This is THE podcast for accurate information about menopause but is not meant to be personal medical advice.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 138
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
S3 Ep118: How Hormones Impact the Gut and GERD
It was news to me that estrogen levels can impact on the likelihood of reflux, your gut microbiome, and even the frequency and consistency of your poop. It’s complicated, and I had a hard time interp…
00:26:30 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
S2 Ep117: Top Tips for Terrific Skin & Hair with Dr. Ellen Gendler
In this episode I am talking to a dermatologist that has over 100 thousand followers on Instagram. And with good reason. She is funny, she tells it like it is, she is a rock star in the world of derm…
00:58:26 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
S2 Ep116: Your HEART on Hormones-Update!
Estrogen is not only good for your brain, your bladder, and your bones, estrogen is also good for your blood vessels. And a lack of estrogen is one of the reasons, that heart disease spikes in women …
00:53:23 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
S2 Ep112: The Cosmo Report on Sex After 60 with Dr. Rachel Zar
In the 1960s, under the leadership of Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmo morphed from a “proper ladies' magazine” to a much racier version that was thought of as being a sex manual disguised as a woman’s maga…
00:29:17 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
S2 Ep111: BONE UP with Hormone Therapy with Dr. Kristi DeSapri
While many women are aware that hormone therapy is good for the bones, it is usually thought of as a side benefit. You know, women take hormone therapy because they are flashing or can’t sleep and th…
00:53:54 |
Thu 18 Jan 2024
S2 Ep110: Home Menopause Tests YEA! or NAY?
Pregnancy tests, ovulation tests…and now the latest in tests you can do in your bathroom laboratory- Menopause Tests! Clear Blue™, who sell ovulation predictor kits and home pregnancy tests, has come…
00:17:19 |
Thu 11 Jan 2024
S2 Ep109: Don't Retire...Rewire! with Jill Wine-Banks
Jill Wine-Banks may be known to you as the Watergate Special Prosecutor who famously cross-examined Rose Mary Woods, President Nixon’s secretary, about the 18-minute gap in the Watergate tapes. In a…
00:48:04 |
Thu 04 Jan 2024
S2 Ep108: Hot Topics in Menopause with Dr. Terry Gibbs
A recurrent theme in my podcasts is that most medical students and residents do not get training in sexual medicine and menopause, which is why most doctors are not experts. And why so many women ge…
00:38:33 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
S2 Ep106: It's Time To Redefine Menopause
In a perfect world, an alert would pop up on your phone announcing, “You are now in perimenopause,” followed at the appropriate time by “You are now leaving perimenopause and entering post menopause.…
00:29:38 |
Thu 07 Dec 2023
S2 Ep105: Top Things MEN Need to Know About MENOPAUSE
If you think you’re having a hard time navigating vaginal dryness, painful sex, insomnia, and hot flashes, I can guarantee that if there is a man in your life, he is also having a hard time. More li…
00:45:04 |
Thu 30 Nov 2023
S2 Ep104: The Mouth and Menopause
I spend a lot of time talking about dry vaginas and the impact that genitourinary syndrome of menopause has on your sex life, your day-to-day comfort, and bladder function. But vaginas are not the on…
00:17:57 |
Thu 23 Nov 2023
S2 Ep103: Can CANNABIS Help You SLEEP?
The number one complaint during perimenopause and menopause is insomnia. When a woman goes to her doctor and asks for help, she is rarely if ever, told that cannabis may be the answer. But at least o…
00:47:29 |
Thu 16 Nov 2023
S2 Ep102: An Insider Approach to Ovarian Cancer with Dr. Shieva Ghofrany
When someone is diagnosed with uterine cancer, in most cases, their uterus announces there is a problem by bleeding when it is not supposed to, or bleeding too heavily. Breast cancer, in most cases m…
00:52:31 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
S2 Ep101: 23 Tips to Drop Peri &Post-Menopause Pounds: UPDATE!
You are never going to get your 20-year-old body back any more than you are going to return to a wrinkle-free face. In Episode 100, I went through all of the reasons why on average, women put on 5-7…
00:29:15 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
S2 Ep100: Why Women Gain Weight in Menopause
On average, women put on 5-7 pounds during perimenopause, and then 1 to 5 pounds every year after. While lifestyle and age are partially responsible, men have the same genetics, lifestyle changes and…
00:22:43 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
S2 Ep99: When Perimenopausal BLEEDING is the Problem
Years before estrogen production completely shuts down, hormone levels start to fluctuate wildly during that special time of life known as perimenopause. Perimenopausal hormonal fluctuations result i…
00:27:20 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
S2 Ep98: Live From THE MENOPAUSE SOCIETY Annual Meeting
The Menopause Society, formerly known as the North American Menopause Society, or NAMS, is the professional society to which pretty much every menopause expert and researcher belongs. Every year meno…
00:42:06 |
Thu 12 Oct 2023
S2 Ep97: Are You Laughing at Me or Did You Have an Orgasm?
If you laugh, weep, or have foot pain when have an orgasm, you are not the only one. But, since it’s not a topic that generally comes up in casual conversation, you may think you are the only one, an…
00:14:12 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
S2 Ep95: Herbs, Spices, and Wishful Thinking
It is estimated that between 50% and 75% of postmenopausal women use complementary and alternative therapies for management of menopausal symptoms. The options are as endless, as are the ads. In toda…
00:35:03 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
S2 Ep94: HORMONES and the VOICE
Have you ever wondered why so many women professional singers retire in their prime, but the guys keep on going? I googled “musicians over the age of 70 who are still performing” and Paul McCartney,…
00:37:53 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
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