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Is COVID Stress Creating Hormonal Chaos in Women?

Is COVID Stress Creating Hormonal Chaos in Women?
With everything going on in this world today, how is all of this stress and overwhelm affecting women on an endocrine level? 

Dr. Heather Hirsch is Board-certified in Internal Medicine, running a practice focused on menopausal hormone therapy, contraception and family planning, breast health, sexual dysfunction, and urinary incontinence. And she joins Dr. Pam this episode to talk wit, wisdom, and all things women in midlife.

Hear about why Dr. Hirsch chose hormones and menopause as her specialty, the stigma, shame, and taboos around the end of a reproductive cycle, and the importance of individualized, customized care.
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Dr. Heather Hirsch

Dr. Heather Hirsch is a Board-certified in Internal Medicine and completed advanced fellowship training in Women’s Health at the Cleveland Clinic. Her specialty practice includes internal medicine and office gynecology with a focus on menopausal hormone therapy, contraception and family planning, breast health, sexual dysfunction, and urinary incontinence. Fellowship training included an emphasis on scholarly activity, development of women’s health curriculum, clinical research, and leadership. 

Her clinical work and research centers on inequalities or unanswered questions in the field of women’s health, specifically in menopause and its role in chronic disease development and in evaluating the harms of over-screening for chronic diseases. Her academic work centers on enhancing women’s health curriculum for the fellow, resident, and medical student.

She currently practices at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.

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