Will THAT Really Help Your Hot Flashes? The TRUTH About The Impact of Lifestyle and Other Interventions

Many women are highly motivated to manage their hot flashes without hormones, drugs or sketchy herbs and spices.  But before investing in a pricey cooling device or signing up for a year’s worth of unlimited yoga, it helps to know what works—and what doesn’t. This is part two of a three-parter on non-hormonal strategies to treat vasomotor symptoms. Part one, Episode 84, included non-hormonal prescription options. Part 3 will consist of herbal and botanical preparations. 

This episode includes a discussion of the following interventions when it comes to helping hot flashes: 

Other relevant episodes: 

Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!
Episode 12: Your Muscles on Menopause with Amanda Thebe 
Episode 19:  Menopause and Muffin Top: why women put on pounds
Episode 84 Non-Hormonal Prescription Drugs to Treat Hot Flashes

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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 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. 

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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