Episode 29: A Conversation with Dr. Michelle P. Warren, Endocrinologist, Gynecologist. Medical Director, Center for Menopause, Hormonal Disorders & Women’s Health, Columbia University Medical Center

Is women’s health moving backward?  

The Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision in 2022 overturned what most women believed was settled law – the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision - establishing a constitutional right to abortion. Since Dobbs, many states - especially in the South and Midwest - have banned abortions for any reason or tightly restricted them.  Leaving many women in medically dangerous conditions. Even before Dobbs – the United States had a maternal death rate more than double and sometimes triple most other high income countries. More women are obese than men. Causing multiple health issues. These all suggest that after major gains – women’s health in general may be moving backwards. So i asked Dr. Michelle P. Warren to come on the podcast. She’s a distinguished New York City physician who specializes in both endocrinology and gynecology and has spent her lifetime focused on women’s health issues. In 1997, Dr. Warren founded and remains the Medical Director of the Center for Menopause, Hormonal Disorders and Women’s Health at Columbia University Medical Center.  Where she is the Wyeth Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Medicine. Full disclosure - I have been her patient for many years.

UPDATE 2/2025: Currently – the main source of women’s health information – the CDC website – carries an advisory that it’s “being modified to comply with President Trump’s Executive Orders”. Some unavailable original pages - including many on HIV – have been archived by doctors and health writers at CDCguidelines.com and other websites. But the CDC’s scrubbed website still has much on menopause - complementing the useful women’s health information in Episode 29.

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http://www.center-for-menopause.com/

https://menopause.org/