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What happens when a woman’s body changes as a result of aging or pregnancy and childbirth? What’s the impact on her sex life and what options exist for treatment? Jean Marino, CNP, a female sexual health expert, explores these questions and others to break down the myths and share the latest science. There are a variety of treatments for arousal, desire and continuing a healthy sex life after menopause.

What happens when a woman’s body changes as a result of aging or pregnancy and childbirth? What’s the impact on her sex life and what options exist for treatment? Jean Marino, CNP, a female sexual health expert, explores these questions and others to break down the myths and share the latest science. There are a variety of treatments for arousal, desire and continuing a healthy sex life after menopause.

This episode’s question is: If you don’t use it, are you gonna lose it?

The phrase “use it or lose it” has been made in reference to anything from golf, to vacation days, to gift cards. The concept seems to have come from doing the books in your business, which “encourages anyone with budget responsibility to launch projects that would cost money in the coming year with this year’s budget.”  – BrainZooming.

But how does “use it or lose it” apply to women’s bodies, sex, and overall sexual health? Does not being sexually active impede arousal, enjoyment, and the vaginal canal? Do women need to have penetrative sex to make sure they don’t “lose it”? 

In this episode, Rachel, Anna, and Jean discuss mindfulness, orgasm, and the research behind it. As well as, tips on how women can use their thoughts to reach climax.

In this episode, Rachel, Anna, and Jean discuss lichen sclerosus in post-menopausal women, GSM, symptoms and how to get the correct diagnosis.

In this episode, Rachel, Anna, and Jean discuss why they are triggered by the question: Should I have my hormones checked? And why we need to listen to but more importantly, believe women.

In this episode, Rachel, Anna, and Jean discuss the negative connotations around ageism, puberty and periods, and why we should celebrate menopause.

Hot flashes during menopause can cause disrupted sleep, fatigue, and mood issues, which will likely cause sexual dysfunction. Estrogen is the standard of care for such problems, however, for those who can’t or won’t take estrogen, there are non-hormonal meds to help, including a new med, Fezoinetant. We will discuss these meds included in the new position statement on non-hormonal treatment of hot flashes from the Menopause Society.

Many assume that people are not sexually active after 60. Edema logic studies state that 80% of women do report female sexual dysfunction after 65. However, only about 9% of these individuals are distressed about their dysfunction. Nurse practitioner, Jean Marino, will address the issues that cause the sexual problems in this demographic and what is available to help those who would like to regain the joys of intimacy in their 60s and beyond.

Today we start a 2-part series on developing sexual medicine as a focus of one’s practice. In this 1st episode, we are talking to Anna Myers, a certified nurse practitioner in Urology and urologic female pelvic Medicine. She is a certified sex counselor. Also, she is a part of the female sexual medicine team at University Hospitals in Cleveland Ohio. She will present her educational journey and practice model that allows her to practice with a sexual medicine focus. In the next episode will be talking to a sex therapist.