197. 2023 Hormone Education 101

<p>Hot off the back of the New York Times Magazine Feb 1st on Menopause Hormones - I gave a lecture to my local medical society about hormones.  It is a nice overview and I hope you enjoy it!</p> <p><br></p> <ul> <li>The best way to get rid of fear is education</li> <li>Why the Women’s Health Initiative study took people off of hormones</li> <li>Understanding the Healthy Cell Hypothesis</li> <li>Repetition is the key to adult learning</li> <li>The top two reasons women stop having sex in perimenopause and menopause</li> <li>What we know about menopause hormone therapy in 2023</li> <li>The more educated you are, the more you can advocate for yourself</li> <li>By definition: menopause is one day - 366 days after your last natural period</li> <li>Average age of menopause in western society is 51</li> <li>Hormone therapy was popular in the 80’s and 90’s</li> <li>If you still have a uterus you must protect the uterine lining with a progestin if you take systemic estrogen (not so for vaginal estrogen)</li> <li>FDA approved indications for estrogen 1) preventing osteoporosis<br> 2) treatment of vasomotor symptoms<br> 3) treatment of premature ovarian insufficiency (going into menopause prior to age 40)<br> 4) GSM<br> </li> <li>how did we get to the point where we thought estrogen caused cancer?</li> <li>what does hormone therapy help?</li> <li>the longer you go without estrogen, your arteries develop a fatty streak or plaque</li> <li>who can’t be on HRT</li> <li>who can be on HRT</li> <li>Best practices for hormone replacement therapy</li> <li>Non oral estrogen vs oral estrogen</li> <li>Unanswered questions we have about hormones</li> </ul> <p>Did you get the You Are Not Broken Book Yet? <a href="https://amzn.to/3p18DfK">https://amzn.to/3p18DfK</a></p> <p>Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes.</p> <p><a href="http://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership">www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message

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