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TESTOSTERONE THERAPY FOR WOMEN: MYTHS AND REALITIES

Dr Steven R. Goldstein, a Menopause Specialist NYC, is a past President of the International Menopause Society, The Menopause Society, and is a Certified Menopause Practitioner. Dr Goldstein has seen a noticeable rise in interest for the use of testosterone from Menopausal women. As a leading hormone specialist in NYC, he has penned this article to inform women about testosterone therapy for women. Testosterone, normally thought of as a male hormone, is produced by women for their entire live...

IS HRT GOOD FOR PERIMENOPAUSE?

Dr Steven R. Goldstein, a Perimenopause Specialist NYC comments on the increasing use of HRT for Perimenopause. Is HRT good for Perimenopause? Simply giving traditional hormone replacement therapy such as estrogen patches and progesterone pills, or progesterone IUDs (as many nurse practitioners, physician assistants, women’s health internists who are new to this field are doing) may relieve hot flashes and night sweats, but can often exacerbate abnormalities in bleeding and does nothing for ot...

CLEARING UP MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL PILLS

Dr Steven R. Goldstein MD is an Obgyn in Manhattan who has helped thousands of patients deal with abnormal uterine bleeding, menopause, perimenopause and other gynecological issues. Dr Goldstein has this to say on the misconceptions of birth control pills. I find it disturbing that there still are so many misconceptions about the non-contraceptive benefits of hormonal contraception (birth control pills, rings, patches). I have talked to many patients, at many ages, about the fact that suppressi...

THE MYTHS AND REALITIES ABOUT IUDs

Dr Steven R. Goldstein, a NYC Gyn writes the following about IUDs I have spoken to many of my patients about my opinions about IUDs. Intrauterine devices, which is what IUD stands for, have been around for several thousand years. The first IUDs were actually stones put into the uteri of camels when nomads were crossing the desert in order to keep a camel from getting pregnant. These devices are not inducing an abortion. Apparently, in a survey of almost a thousand physicians in the United State...

Menopause, Perimenopause is having a moment

Dr Steven R. Goldstein is a Menopause Specialist in NYC. He is a Certified Menopause Practitioner, a past President of the International Menopause Society, and the author of several books on Menopause. Thirteen years ago, when I was president of NAMS (what was the North American Menopause Society, recently renamed The Menopause Society), if I were at a cocktail party speaking to a few women who found out I was a gynecologist, and I mentioned that I was president of the Menopause Society… It ...

NOT ALL TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUNDS ARE EQUAL

Dr Steven R. Goldstein Gynecologist in NYC Most of my patients are aware that I use vaginal sonograms as part of the overall evaluation of gynecologic care and maintaining gynecologic health. However, increasingly I have become aware that there are many women who are now demanding a vaginal sonogram of their healthcare provider. More and more educated, intelligent women have come to realize that the traditional bimanual examination, with two fingers in the vagina and a hand on the lower abdome...

PUBLIC LACK OF AWARENESS CONCERNING BLEEDING AFTER MENOPAUSE

PUBLIC LACK OF AWARENESS CONCERNING BLEEDING AFTER MENOPAUSE From Dr. Steven R. Goldstein, Menopause Specialist in NYC A recent study published in the journal Menopause, entitled “Public Awareness and Provider Counseling Regarding Postmenopausal Bleeding as a Symptom of Endometrial Cancer” came to my attention. It of course refers to bleeding after menopause. I was shocked by the findings, and although they represented a wider cross-section of women than typically find their way to...

Low Dose Birth Control Pills

Misconceptions About Low Dose Birth Control Pills From Dr Steven R. Goldstein, NYC Gyn There are many misconceptions about Low Dose Birth Control Pills. When Dr. Goldstein was a medical student, pills came in 80 and 50 microgram strengths of estrogen. By the time he was a resident, they were 50 and 35 micrograms. Most of his career, they have been 35, 30, 25 and 20 micrograms. Now they make a 10 microgram. However, the lowest doses are not always the best choice for women under thirty. Often ...

Specialist for Premature Ovarian Failure and Premature Ovarian Insufficency

Dr Steven R. Goldstein is a Menopause Specialist in NYC and one of the nation’s leading gynecologists. In private practice for over 25 years, Dr Goldstein has treated many patients with early menopause, and is a specialist for Premature Ovarian Failure and Premature Ovarian Insufficiency. A co- author of the book “The Estrogen Alternative”, he is the first hormone specialist in NYC to write about Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) for the relief of menopausal symptoms which a...

Could it be Endometriosis?

Dr Steven R. Goldstein, Gynecologist for Endometriosis in NYC What is Endometriosis? Dr Steven R. Goldstein is a NYC Gynecologist and specialist for Endometriosis in NYC. Endometriosis is an all too common gynecologic condition where the glands that lie inside the uterine cavity can come to lie outside the uterus in the pelvis. When the endometrial glands bleed (that is a period) these glands located outside the uterus bleed as well. This can cause some scar tissue. If there is a collection ...

Steven R Goldstein MD is one of Amerca's leading Gynecologists, located in NYC