S1 Ep68: Q and A Week! Fibroids and Hormone Therapy
Podcast: Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and MorePublished On: Tue Mar 28 2023
Description: Q and A Week! Today is Day 2 of Question-and-Answer week. I am answering your questions that have come in through my website, drstreicher.com/podcast, and my newsletter. Today’s Question “I have uterine fibroids. My periods finally stopped. But now I have terrible hot flashes. I am interested in hormone therapy, but I am worried. Will taking estrogen make my fibroids grow again? “ In this episode I discuss: What fibroids are What generally happens to fibroids during perimenopause and post menopause What the studies show about the impact of hormone therapy and fibrodis What to do if fibroids are growing post menopause Why someone might bleed if they have fibroids and are taking HT post menopause To ask a question, go to DrStreicher.com/podcast, scroll down, and start talking!To receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER More InformationThe Essential Guide to Hysterectomy by Lauren StreicherEpisode 23: Welcome to Peri-menopauseEpisode 40 Don’t Go with This Flow- Post Menopause BleedingLauren 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. Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTERDr. 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. Instagram @DrStreichTwitter @DrStreicherFacebook @DrStreicherYouTube 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
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