Thinking About Ob/Gyn
by Antonia Roberts and Howard Herrell
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Episode 12.9: Menopause Hormone Therapy
Episode 12.9: Menopause Hormone Therapy
About this podcast
A fresh and evidence-based perspective of all things related to obstetrics and gynecology. Follow us on Instagram @thinkingaboutobgyn or visit thinkingaboutobgyn.com for show notes and more.
Episodes
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- Episode 12.9: Menopause Hormone Therapy · 1 h 3 min · Season 12 Episode 9Menopause hormone therapy is everywhere right now, and we sort science from hype using the newest ACP and ACOG guidance. We explain why the treatment is often simpler than social…
- Episode 12.8 Why Resilience Alone Cannot Fix Physician Burnout · 58 min · Season 12 Episode 8We talk with Dr. Jason Knight about what burnout really looks like in medicine and why a hard day is not the same thing as a broken relationship with the work. We push past…
- Episode 12.7 How Evidence Breaks Down In IVF Add-Ons, Ectopic Care, And New Surgical Tech · 1 h 5 min · Season 12 Episode 7We dig into how good stories and elegant mechanisms can seduce clinicians into using fertility and surgical “add-ons” long before the evidence is ready. We also connect policy…
- Episode 12.6 What The Lindsay Clancy Case Reveals About Perinatal Mental Health Care · 59 min · Season 12 Episode 6Tara Chettiar joins as we talk through what the Lindsay Clancy case surfaces about postpartum mood disorders and why the public often misunderstands psychiatric illness when it…
- Episode 12.5 Payment Reform and More · 1 h 6 min · Season 12 Episode 5We move from a Dolly Parton story to the very real ways policy, training, and clinical guidance shape what patients can access and what clinicians can safely provide. We break…
- Episode 12.4 Cesarean Delivery And Obesity · 60 min · Season 12 Episode 4JJ Cox joins us as we talk through what actually changes when we perform cesarean delivery in patients with morbid obesity, from incision planning to anesthesia risk to the wound…
- Episode 12.3 Conception timing, tips for obese laparoscopy, and more! · 59 min · Season 12 Episode 3We challenge a few stubborn pieces of OB-GYN “common sense” and ask what the data actually supports, from trying to conceive after miscarriage to how we start and adjust…
- Episode 12.2 Cuff Dehiscence and Classic Papers · 60 minHoward Herrell and Stuart Winkler question long-standing OB-GYN habits that feel “routine” but do not add value, then replace them with evidence and practical decision-making. We…
- Episode 12.1 IVF Add-Ons and More! · 1 h 5 min · Season 12 Episode 1We follow the footnotes on a common gyn rule, then use that same evidence-first lens to question popular fertility add-ons and persistent pregnancy myths. Along the way, we talk…
- Episode 11.13 PMOS, PCOS, and the Metabolic Truth · 1 h 4 min · Season 11 Episode 13Howard and guest hose Sivani Aluru unpack why the new PMOS name matters, how PCOS got tied to “cysts,” and what the evidence actually says about diagnosis, metabolic risk, and…
- Episode 11.12 The Malpractice Crisis Is Real And Blaming Evidence-Based Care Makes It Worse · 1 h 1 min · Season 11 Episode 12We push back on the idea that obstetrics “deserves” a malpractice crisis and explain how bad incentives and junk science can turn normal evidence-based care into courtroom blame…
- Episode 11.11 When Evidence Misleads · 1 h 4 min · Season 11 Episode 11We sit down with Joshua Oommen to get nerdy about clinical reasoning, FDA standards, and why “good evidence” is harder to define than most of us admit. We challenge the reflex to…
- Episode 11.10 New Guidelines For Cervical Cancer Screening and More! · 60 min · Season 11 Episode 10We bring back the biggest takeaways from the ACOG ACSM, then move fast through the newest guidance and the newest hype shaping real OBGYN care. We focus on what the evidence…
- Episode 11.9 Vaccine Q&A · 53 min · Season 11 Episode 9We answer vaccine questions head-on, using real numbers to separate online fear from how vaccines, immunity, and public health actually work. We break down why diseases feel…
- Episode 11.8 MTHFR, Bed Rest, and More! · 1 h 0 min · Season 11 Episode 8We take on four stubborn myths in modern obstetrics and follow the evidence instead of the vibes, from thrombophilia testing to bed rest to seizure prophylaxis. We also spotlight…
- Episode 11.7 Professional Guideline Discrepancies on Labor And Delivery · 1 h 2 min · Season 11 Episode 7We talk with Dr. Emily Donelan about how conflicting labor management guidelines can derail communication between nurses and physicians and quietly raise patient safety risks. We…
- Episode 11.6 Ovarian Torsion & The Pitt · 57 min · Season 11 Episode 6We use a plotline from The Pit to separate ovarian torsion facts from TV fiction and explain why Doppler findings can’t replace clinical judgment. Then we answer a listener…
- Episode 11.5 Gray Journal Cesarean Delivery Edition · 60 min · Season 11 Episode 5We unpack the Gray Journal’s special edition on Cesarean Delivery, separating strong evidence from expert habit, and spotlight where technique, culture, and policy collide. From…
- Episode 11.4 Syphilis and lots more! · 1 h 9 min · Season 11 Episode 4We examine why U.S. maternal mortality headlines mislead, showing overdose and violence dominate early postpartum deaths while obstetric causes decline. We then cover strong…
- Episode 11.3 Preventing Surgical Complications · 1 h 1 min · Season 11 Episode 2We map a prevention-first approach to OBGYN surgical complications—from environmental fixes and technique to early detection, skilled repair, and honest recovery—so fewer…
