The ABCs of MHT with Heather Hirsch, MD (Episode 95)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

How do you know if menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is for you? What should you expect if you start hormone therapy? How long does it take to work? What should you do if you don’t feel like it’s working? We dive into the ABCs of starting MHT this week with menopause doctor Heather Hirsch, MD. This is a good one for active menopausal women whether or not you are taking or plan to start MHT because we speak to all the things we should be doing, such as taking inventory of how we’re feeling and being proactive about our care, to feel and perform our best.

Dr. Hirsch is board certified in internal medicine and completed advanced fellowship training in women’s health at the Cleveland Clinic. She performs menopause consultations at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston Massachusetts and is faculty at Harvard Medical School. Her practice has a focus on perimenopause and menopause symptom reduction, hormone therapy, genitourinary syndrome of menopause, sexual health, breast, and bone health. Her academic work centers on enhancing midlife women’s health education for fellows, residents, and medical students. Dr. Hirsch also teaches at the local, regional, and national level on various midlife topics. You can learn more about her and her work at www.heatherhirschmd.com/

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.5	Hello, strong feisty women.
0:34.2	First, I want to say, it was so awesome to meet so many of you out in Montana.
0:40.1	I was out in Whitefish, Montana for the last best ride, which is a gravel bike event that offers
0:47.3	stunning views of Glacier National Park, and you earn every one of those views. It's 92 miles long and has well over 8,000 feet of
0:58.7	climbing, most of which feel like happened between, say, mile 40 and 70. I really loved it and I
1:05.9	really, really loved seeing so many women from our audience out there just crushing it. It was super,
1:13.1	super special and very, very inspiring. Okay, so this week I have on Dr. Heather Hirsch,
1:21.5	who is an educational whirlwind in the menopause space right now. She does menopause
1:26.6	consultations at the Brigham and
1:28.4	Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and is faculty at Harvard Medical School. Her practice
1:34.8	focuses on perimenopause and menopause symptom reduction, hormone therapy, janitoriurinary
1:41.2	syndrome of menopause, sexual health, breast, and bone health.
1:45.7	We met through Instagram as one does these days, and I really just loved her ability to speak
1:52.1	clearly about the complexities of menopause hormone therapy, because it is very complex.
1:58.8	I hear from women every single day who have started hormone therapy,
2:02.9	but they're not sure if it's working. Some symptoms seem better. Some feel like maybe they're
2:07.8	even worse. I hear from women who aren't sure where to start or even how to start talking to
2:12.5	their doctors if they're curious about menopause hormone therapy. So many questions.
2:18.0	So many options.
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