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School of Midlife71. More Than Hot Flashes: What a Doctor Wants You to Know About Hormonal Impact on Gut and Brain Health | Dr. Laura DeCesaris (Part 2)In today’s episode, Laurie is joined by Dr. Laura DeCesaris, a functional medicine practitioner who specializes in women’s health and wellness. She teaches women in perimenopause and menopause about their bodies and brains, so they can make better decisions for their health and leverage their hormones to live their best life.This episode is part two of our conversation. In this second part of the conversation, Dr. Laura and I shift the primary focus away from hormones – although they still come up – to gut health and why Dr. Laura says that gut health is of utmost i...2024-07-0934 minSchool of Midlife70. Not Just Hot Flashes: What a Doctor Wants You to Know About Hormones | Dr. Laura DeCesaris (Part 1)In this week's episode, Laurie is joined by Dr. Laura DeCesaris, a functional medicine practitioner who specializes in women’s health and wellness. Dr. Laura teaches women in perimenopause and menopause about their bodies and brains, so they can make better decisions for their health and leverage their hormones to live their best life.In this episode, we primarily focused on hormones. We start by discussing what happens to women from a physiological perspective during perimenopause and menopause. From there, our conversation shifts to all things hormones: different types of hormone replacement therapy, the difference between bioidentical an...2024-07-0258 min