Beyond Hot Flashes: Root-Cause Menopause Care

About this episode

The episode discusses integrative and hormonal medicine for midlife women's health, focusing on hormone-driven symptoms and supportive habits.

In this episode of The Positive Pause®, host Claire Gill sits down with integrative and hormonal medicine expert Shivani Doctor, PA-C, BHMS, MPAS, founder of Integrative Health and Aesthetics in Springfield, VA, for a discussion to help demystify midlife women’s health by covering what integrative/functional medicine actually is, how to spot hormone-driven symptoms (beyond hot flashes), when and why bioidentical hormone therapy can help, and the everyday nutrition/movement habits that support...

People in this episode

Host: Claire Gill

Guest: Shivani Doctor

Topics covered

• midlife women's health
• integrative medicine
• hormone therapy
• nutrition
• movement habits

Keywords

• menopause
• hormones
• bioidentical hormone therapy
• integrative health
• nutrition
• exercise

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Integrative Health and Aesthetics

Places: Springfield, VA

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