S1 Ep24: A Mid-life Manual If Your Kid is College Bound

With women delaying pregnancy, the year you start flashing just might coincide with the year you are sending your son or daughter off to college. If you are a mid-life woman who has college-bound kids, you need to know that things have changed …a lot…since you left home and went off to school. In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Jill Grimes, a family physician and the author of The ULTIMATE College Student Health Handbook: your guide to everything from Hangovers to Homesickness.  Dr. Streicher and Dr. Grimes discuss: How CANNABIS has changed since you went to college  How to make sure your student knows when something is an EMERGENCY  DATE RAPE- what you need to tell your daughters and sons Common issues with ALCOHOL that were not common when you were in school The role of CONSENT in sexual activity PIERCING Problems How to make sure your student has information on SEXUALLY TRANSMIITTED INFECTIONS without you having to talk about it MARGARITA dermatitis (who knew?)  The essential FIRST AID KIT to send with your student Why this book is so much better than DR. GOOGLE How often should a student CALL home?  Skills and information your students need to ACCESS HEALTH CARE MENTAL HEALTH and depression in college Jill Grimes, MD, is a nationally recognized medical media expert, award-winning author, and proud mom of two awesome collegiate daughters. After two decades of private practice, Dr. Grimes now splits her time between writing, speaking, vaccinating, and seeing patients. She also enjoys speaking at The American Academy of Family Physicians, Pri-Med®, and Harvard Medical School conferences. Her latest book, The ULTIMATE College Student Health Handbook: your guide to everything from Hangovers to Homesickness, reveals what college students (& their parents) REALLY need to know about common anxieties, illnesses, injuries and so much more! Website: https://jillgrimesmd.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillGrimesMD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jillgrimesmd/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/The-Ultimate-College-Student-Health-Handbook-109901870655635/?ref=pages_you_manage Books by Dr. Grimes The ULTIMATE College Student Health Handbook: your guide to everything from Hangovers to Homesickness.  Seductive Delusions: How Everyday People Catch STIs RAINN: Rape, Abuse &Incest National Network https://www.rainn.org/ National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-HOPE Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.  Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr.Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS ThisMorning, ABCNewsNow, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.  Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on  DrStreicher.com Instagram @DrStreich Twitter @DrStreicher Facebook  @DrStreicher YouTube  DrStreicherTV Books by Lauren Streicher, MD  Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat Sex Rx- Hormones , Health, and Your Best Sex Ever The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy