Medicine's Sheryl Kingsberg discusses undiagnosed genitourinary syndrome of menopause in older women

What every woman should know about genitourinary syndrome of menopause

Next Avenue: Sheryl Kingsberg, professor of reproductive biology, psychiatry and urology at the School of Medicine, said genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) affects up to 80% of postmenopausal women yet often goes undiagnosed because symptoms develop gradually and doctors rarely ask about sexual health. She urged women not to dismiss GSM as aging, emphasizing effective, long-term treatments exist.