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Laura Corio, MD

Laura Corio, MDLaura Corio, MD

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Bio

Laura Corio, MD, is a board certified ob-gyn with a successful medical practice in New York City. She is also an attending physician at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, where she teaches medical students and residents. Corio hosted a popular radio women''s health talk show and is the author of The Change Before The Change: Everything You Need to Know to Stay Healthy in the Decade Before Menopause

 

My Answers

Q. What is vaginal atrophy?
A. As a woman goes through perimenopause and into menopause, estrogen levels decline, leading to thinning of the vaginal tissues as well as the bladder...
Q. What’s the age I can stop getting a mammogram?
A. You always have to have a mammogram, every year, and it’s more important as you age, because the incidence of breast cancer increases with age, so...
Q. How old do I have to be to get the HPV vaccine?
A. The HPV has now been recommended for girls between the ages of 9 and 26, and they are now studying the group after 26, but it is now the CDC’s...
Q. How does perimenopause differ from menopause?
A. Perimenopause is the 4 to 7 years prior to menopause. Menopause is the cessation of your period for more than a year, but perimenopausal women are...
Q. When should I worry about vaginal discharge?
A. Vaginal discharge, per se is not abnormal. Only if it is itching, burning, odor or irritating to your vagina do I then say to you, you possibly...
Q. What is a normal menstrual cycle for a girl under 18?
A. You know when a girl starts menstruating, just like our perimenopausal girls, the adolescent teenager can have irregular cycles up to three years...
Q. When should a hysterectomy be performed?
A. You know hysterectomies were done almost on every woman back twenty years ago, it was like, oh, you need a hysterectomy. Today, I look at a...
Q. How can I tell if I'm in perimenopause?
A. The first sign of perimenopause, and it has to be there, is a change in your menstrual cycle. There are many women who come to see me and declare...
Q. When can I use an IUD?
A. I only recommend IUDs to girls who are monogamous, who have had their family and are at the point where they don’t ever want to conceive again, or...
Q. I’m scared of getting breast cancer from hormone replacement therapy.
A. Well, I have to say when the WHI study came out in 2002, it was insane what they did with this research and how they presented it to women. I...
Q. If I have great bone density, do I need to do anything during perimenopause?
A. Women need to take D, vitamin D, probably more important than calcium. It has been shown that 60% of our population of women are vitamin D deficient...
Q. Should I douche?
A. I do not recommend douching. Douching is a problem, because what it does is increases fluids back into your cervix and your uterus and out into the...
Q. I become pregnant while I’m going through menopause?
A. Once a woman has gone a full year without a period, she is now considered menopausal and she is considered that she does not need birth control any...
Q. What kind of exercise is best for someone 55 and over?
A. Oh my goodness, the weight bearing exercise and just the strength training is fantastic for women over 55 because there’s a loss of muscle mass as we...
Q. Why is exercise so important during menopause?
A. Exercise is key for everything. I mean studies have shown that women who go into menopause with 20 pounds over are at increased risk for breast...
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