Join this podcast discussion with menopause expert Dr. Mary Jane Minkin of Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Minkin reviews all the individualized options for menopausal management, including hormonal and nonhormonal for women, health clinicians and other allied healthvwho want to find the most helpful option for their patients with a particular focus in cancer survivors. 

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Join Dr. James Simon to understand the two neurokin receptor antagonists being studied for the non-hormonal treatment of hot flashes in menopausal women.

These Speaking of Women's Health podcast episodes are in partnership with Menopause Learning and is sponsored by a grant by Astellas and Bayer in conjunction with Rush University, Plexus Communications, Advancing Health After Hysterectomy and Speaking of Women’s Health.

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When you hear hormone therapy, do you ultimately think the worst? Twenty years after the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), women are still concerned about the risks of hormone therapy.

Speaking of Women's Health Podcast Host Dr. Holly Thacker discusses the impact the WHI study had on women 20 years ago and how the fear of hormone therapy is still a real issue in women's healthcare.

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Join Host Dr. Holly Thacker as she reads chapter 1 of her book, The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Menopause where she shares the importance of women seeing the appropriate clinicians during midlife.

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Author and Host Dr. Holly Thacker reads and discusses Chapter 2 Symptoms of Menopause from her book The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Menopause.  

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For women it isn't always clear that a specific health symptom is caused by aging, menopause or another health condition. 

Host and Author Dr. Holly Thacker discusses how women can know when a symptom is menopause related and needs treatment from a healthcare clinician.

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Menopause is not actually a major risk for depression, however the hormonal changes that occur during this time in a woman's life can influence the neurotransmitters in the brain. This can affect a woman's sleep, mood and sense of well-being. 

Host and Author Dr. Holly Thacker shares tips to improve mood during midlife.

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Menopause can be associated with a number of changes in the physical appearance, skin can lose elasticity, hair can get thinner and unfortunately belly weight can become a problem.

Host and Author Dr. Holly Thacker shares tips, supplements and treatments to help improve skin and hair during the menopause transition.

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Nutrition is vitally important at midlife. Our metabolism is slowing down and our muscle mass is decreasing and we can't rebound from the consequences of poor health choices. 

Host and Author Dr. Holly Thacker discusses how women can eat healthy at midlife and control how you look and feel one bite at a time!

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If there's one line that screams menopause it's, "I'm having a hot flash!"

Hot flashes and night sweats can interfere with a woman's everyday life. Host and Author Dr. Holly Thacker shares ways women can minimize hot flashes and treatment options.

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Sleep is one of the body's basic needs, it restores and preserves our health. When we're sleep deprived, our tolerant for stress plummets.

Women who report the most sleep problems are those in the perimenopausal through menopausal years. Host and Author Dr. Holly Thacker discusses how to get a better night's rest and what not to do during the day that prevents quality sleep at night.

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Not in the mood? Is it hormonal, is it my partner, or is it a normal part of aging?

Join Host and Author Dr. Holly Thacker as she reads and discusses "Menopause and Sex," Chapter 9 of her book The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Menopause. Dr. Thacker will share common low sex drive symptoms and the different treatment option available.

 

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Read Dr. Holly Thacker’s column about fiber and preventing constipation and sluggish bowel function in women.

Your colon’s main job is to absorb water from residual food as it’s passing through your digestive system. It then creates stool. The colon’s muscles eventually propel the waste out through the rectum to be eliminated. If stool remains in the colon too long, it can become hard and difficult to pass. Poor diet frequently causes constipation, but certain medications and supplements can also be a culprit for constipation.Medications and supplements that cause constipation Opiates - Morphine,…

Host Dr. Holly Thacker discusses constipation and everything you wanted to know about it, but were afraid to ask! She shares constipation prevention tips and what foods and supplements can help prevent constipation.

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Alexis Supan, MPH, RD shares what to eat and what not to eat before bed to help with better sleep quality, mood and weight.

Hormone therapy is still the best available treatment to treat menopausal symptoms.

Host and Author Dr. Holly Thacker reads and discusses "The Risks and Benefits of Hormone Therapy," Chapter 10 of her book The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Menopause.

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Hormone therapy is not a one size fits all solution. Hot flashes might be one woman's most severe symptom, but another woman may be more concerned about sexual dysfunction.

Host and Author Dr. Holly Thacker reads and discusses "Customizing Hormone Therapy." Dr. Thacker discusses the wide variety of hormone therapy options and what may be best for you based on your menopausal symptoms.

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Dr. Sobia Khan continues her Educational Series of Lifestyle and Functional Medicine Approach for Perimenopause with this second guest column.

Dr. Khan describes what Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) is and how it can benefit women who suffer from inflammatory pain due to endometriosis, suppress inflammation to improve fertility, gut dysbiosis, fibromyalgia and pelvic pain due to endometritis.