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Menopause, Perimenopause is having a moment

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 cleared the room. Menopause was in the closet and women did not want to think about it or talk about it. This could not be more different today. Think about the fact that when the Women’s Health Initia...


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 ...


Dr Goldstein receives the Ian Donald Gold Medal Award from the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Steven R. Goldstein MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, receives the Ian Donald Gold Medal Award at the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG). This is the highest honor this society awards and is given  annually to an individual "who has changed the way ultrasound is practiced through research or innovation." Over the 33 years since this society began only once before was this award given to someone lik...


Important information about antibiotic resistance

The following is from Dr Steven R. Goldstein, an expert NYC gyn, to his current patients. Please note that the following information is not a substitute for in office diagnosis and treatment. It is meant for informational or educational purposes only. Most of you are aware that I usually only send email blasts when something has appeared in the news or print media that I think would be of important interest to you and worth sharing.  Approximately two weeks ago, there was an article in the Sc...


Dr Steven Goldstein to receive 2023 William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award

2023 William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine    William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award The William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award was established by Joseph H. Holmes, MD, in 1969, and presented for the first time at the AIUM annual meeting in Winnipeg that year. William J. Fry, MS, was a physicist with a strong interest in ultrasound in biology and medicine, whose innovative research efforts advanced the field of diagnostic ultrasound. One of P...


Fibroids and Failed Pregnancies

Part 3 of our discussion on Fibroids. Fibroids can be a source of failed pregnancy (miscarriage). When such pregnancy failure occurs, thorough evaluation with transvaginal ultrasound and sometimes saline infusion sonohysterography is essential to be sure that the uterus is, in fact, normal and may not be the culprit for the failed pregnancy (most of the time failed pregnancies are due to abnormal chromosomes, and nature is smarter in not allowing such pregnancies to continue). More on failed pr...


Uterine Fibroids and Cancer

Below is Part II of our series of articles on Uterine Fibroids. Another extremely important issue is that true fibroids have NO malignant potential. Years and years ago they thought that a very small number (less than 1%) could undergo malignant transformation. This does not occur. There are rare malignant tumors of uterine muscle known as sarcomas. These are almost always solitary rather than multiple and, when examined with color flow Doppler ultrasound technology looking at blood flow, will...