Menopause and Work
Season 1, Episode 17, May 09, 2022, 02:00 AM
More than 60% of women say that their menopause symptoms decreased their productivity and quality of work and even though millions of corporate dollars are lost due to absenteeism, reduced quality of work, and health care costs, the US government and corporate America refuse to recognize or mitigate the problem. The time is way overdue to acknowledge and fix it.
In this episode Dr. Streicher discusses:
- The PERSONAL and ECONOMIC impact of menopause in the workplace
- RESEARCH on how often specific symptoms impact specific aspects of work
- WHY women do not talk to their bosses about menopause symptoms
- How the UK addresses and REDUCES the impact
- Why the US needs to do what the UK is doing
UK website on Menopause in the workplace: cipd.co.uk/menopauseforHR
To learn more about how hot flashes can impact productivity and longevity, take a listen to Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!
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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.
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