Dr Kourtney Sims has an unusual combination of skillsets when it comes to menopause, and has really dedicated her continuing education post-medical school to understanding this transition. The Texas-based, North American Menopause Society-certified obstetrician-gynecologist is also an herbalist, a yoga teacher, and a functional integrative women's health advocate. And she's chief medical advisor to Phenology, which is a new US company led by former Silicon Valley executive Jess Graham aimed at offering relief and guidance to women through supplements and rescue remedies.
Highlights:
What MDs learn about menopause in medical school
The lack of oversight of menopause treatment
How the system works in the UK (hint: it’s driven by pharma)
Her take on the “menopause is a disease” narrative
The holistic, energetic, ritual-based view of menopause
Do worse symptoms mean larger health problems?
Menopause hormone therapy, disease prevention, longevity and antiaging
HRT + the individual
Why other countries are doing research on herbs and not the US
2 good herbs you may not have heard of for sleep + hot flashes
Tracking perimenopause by testing progesterone levels
What the women she sees who have an easier time have in common
Where to find more:
Web: DrKourtney.com, Myphenology.com
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