S2 Ep111: BONE UP with Hormone Therapy with Dr. Kristi DeSapri

While many women are aware that hormone therapy is good for the bones, it is usually thought of as a side benefit. You know, women take hormone therapy because they are flashing or can’t sleep and then are told, are told, by the way ..estrogen will also help prevent bone loss. In the United States, there are 10 million women with OSTEOPOROSIS and 43 million women with OSTEOPENIA. Most of these women have no idea that they are at risk for a potentially life-changing or even fatal fracture and also have no idea that hormone therapy is a proven strategy to treat low bone mass and prevent osteoporosis. Today, I am joined by bone guru Dr. Kristi DeSapri to talk about the role of hormone therapy when it comes to low bone mass and osteoporosis. In response to questions that came in on social media, we address: Is hormone therapy preventive against further bone loss or will it also help build bone? Is the same DOSE that prevents HOT FLASHES also going to protect your bones? When it comes to bone health, does it matter if you use TRANSDERMAL or ORAL estrogen? What about TESTOSTERONE? Can you use hormone therapy instead of bone-building drugs? Is it ever TOO LATE to start hormone therapy to help your bones? And so much more… For more information on this topic: Episode 2: Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again! Episode 21: Say Yes! to Testosterone for Women Episode 46: Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen Episode 51: Transdermal versus Oral Estrogen- What's the Difference? Episode 59: Boning Up on Bones: Part 1 with Dr. Kristi Tough DeSapri Episode 61: Boning Up on Bones: Part 2 with Dr. Kristi Tough DeSapri Episode 67: How Long Can You Safely Take Hormone Therapy? 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. Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER Dr. 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. Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on DrStreicher.com Instagram @DrStreich Twitter @DrStreicher Facebook @DrStreicher YouTube 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 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 Put the O Back in Mojo: A Guide to Post Menopause Libido and Orgasm (available for pre-order)