Most women don’t even think about their urethras, but an estrogen starved urinary tract can be the culprit when it comes to recurrent urinary tract infections and that persistent “gotta go” feeling. 



In this episode Dr. Streicher sits down with Dr. Kelly Casperson, a board-certified urologist, a certified Menopause Practitioner of the North American Menopause Society and the host of the hit podcast You Are Not Broken to discuss the role of estrogen in urinary health including: 




How to get rid of URINARY URGENCY

How to use a local vaginal estrogen to alleviate many BLADDER SYMPTOMS

Why some women are more prone than others to RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS.

Simple ACTION STEPS to decrease recurrent urinary tract infections
A NEW VACCINE that is on the horizon for women for women who have recurrent infections




Further Information on this topic can be found in:




Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina- A gynecologist's guide to eliminating post menopause dryness and pain



Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a  certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 



Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, 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 ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. 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 

Instagram @DrStreich


Twitter @DrStreicher


Facebook  @DrStreicher


YouTube  DrStreicherTV

DrStreicher.com




Dr. Streicher’s Books


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