Dr. Stacy Sims

And we see that the cast of Friends women all have a certain look that they've had to maintain in order to be viable in Hollywood, which means that they're thin, they have good body composition, they don't have any wrinkles, they have really good lustrous hair. And that's the image that women have now of how they're supposed to age. Where men, not so much.

And we see that the cast of Friends women all have a certain look that they've had to maintain in order to be viable in Hollywood, which means that they're thin, they have good body composition, they don't have any wrinkles, they have really good lustrous hair. And that's the image that women have now of how they're supposed to age. Where men, not so much.

We see the images of men who are aging, becoming more demure, I guess. So they have gray hair, they have some wrinkles, they're very distinguished. And that's the image we have of men aging. There's a huge disconnect in society. So when women start to experience perimenopause, it's a definitive point of aging. And People are afraid to age. Everyone's afraid to age for the most part.

We see the images of men who are aging, becoming more demure, I guess. So they have gray hair, they have some wrinkles, they're very distinguished. And that's the image we have of men aging. There's a huge disconnect in society. So when women start to experience perimenopause, it's a definitive point of aging. And People are afraid to age. Everyone's afraid to age for the most part.

The idea of aging gracefully or embracing it hasn't quite gotten to the mainstream. So when someone's like, here's some hormones to replace so you can stay young, people are like, great. But we look at the research and it's not about staying young. It's about slowing the rate of change that's so severe that creates quality of life distress.

The idea of aging gracefully or embracing it hasn't quite gotten to the mainstream. So when someone's like, here's some hormones to replace so you can stay young, people are like, great. But we look at the research and it's not about staying young. It's about slowing the rate of change that's so severe that creates quality of life distress.

And we also see that the research isn't there for maintaining brain integrity to prevent dementia, which is the other thing that's floating around. It's not there. There's no evidence to show that taking hormone therapy is going to stop dementia. So there's lots of things out there that's a disconnect.

And we also see that the research isn't there for maintaining brain integrity to prevent dementia, which is the other thing that's floating around. It's not there. There's no evidence to show that taking hormone therapy is going to stop dementia. So there's lots of things out there that's a disconnect.

And trying to say it's menopause hormone therapy is one way of getting people to understand that it's not an anti-aging agent. It's something to help with this phase of life and to help get through so that we don't have severe changes to our daily life and who we are as a person.

And trying to say it's menopause hormone therapy is one way of getting people to understand that it's not an anti-aging agent. It's something to help with this phase of life and to help get through so that we don't have severe changes to our daily life and who we are as a person.

It gets better on the other side. I think that's something people don't talk about is perimenopause is such the conversation now with all the conversations around hormone therapy, exercise, lifestyle, but no one talks about the other side. Once you've gotten through perimenopause, do my joints stop hurting? Do I stop having all these sleep interruptions? Do I stop having to worry about my bones?

It gets better on the other side. I think that's something people don't talk about is perimenopause is such the conversation now with all the conversations around hormone therapy, exercise, lifestyle, but no one talks about the other side. Once you've gotten through perimenopause, do my joints stop hurting? Do I stop having all these sleep interruptions? Do I stop having to worry about my bones?

And if you're putting in the right lifestyle changes to maintain bone health, yes. On the other side, everything becomes a new normal without the pain and dysfunction. Because it's the shift in hormones that's creating so many different with every system of the body.

And if you're putting in the right lifestyle changes to maintain bone health, yes. On the other side, everything becomes a new normal without the pain and dysfunction. Because it's the shift in hormones that's creating so many different with every system of the body.

So if we get through this with really good interventions for preventing or attenuating the changes that are happening, the other side is much better.

So if we get through this with really good interventions for preventing or attenuating the changes that are happening, the other side is much better.

Yeah, so there's, I guess, a huge misstep in the understanding that endometriosis is an inflammatory disease response yes and no there's some more emerging evidence that it could be a bacterial or a viral cause but with regards to endometriosis we see that if you're able to use some cold water therapy for the most part or a cold water plunge around the time that you think about ovulation where the

Yeah, so there's, I guess, a huge misstep in the understanding that endometriosis is an inflammatory disease response yes and no there's some more emerging evidence that it could be a bacterial or a viral cause but with regards to endometriosis we see that if you're able to use some cold water therapy for the most part or a cold water plunge around the time that you think about ovulation where the

After ovulation, you have endometrial growth. It reduces the total inflammatory response so that the endometrial lining doesn't grow as much. So you don't have as much growth of endometrial tissue outside of the uterus. So we're looking at how do we stop that extra growth? We can use environmental cues to help with that. So that's that cold therapy.

After ovulation, you have endometrial growth. It reduces the total inflammatory response so that the endometrial lining doesn't grow as much. So you don't have as much growth of endometrial tissue outside of the uterus. So we're looking at how do we stop that extra growth? We can use environmental cues to help with that. So that's that cold therapy.