Menopause, Mood, and the Microbiome: What Every Woman Needs to Know

Menopause is more than hormones—and healing starts at the root. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Julia Ward shares how she is helping women navigate menopause through root-cause evaluation. She explains how bioidentical hormones, gut repair, mental health support, and everyday toxin reduction work together to ease symptoms like anxiety, brain fog, sleep disruption, hot flashes, and weight changes.Dr. Julia Ward is a board-certified physician with over a decade of expertise in functional medicine and a background in urgent and emergency care through her distinguished service in the United States Navy. After earning her medical degree from the University of Southern California and completing an internship in Obstetrics and Gynecology, she practiced general and emergency medicine in California and Okinawa, Japan.Her own struggles with overwhelming fatigue led her to functional medicine, where she found answers conventional care could not provide. In 2016, she completed a fellowship with the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine (A4M) and has since dedicated her career to a root-cause, holistic approach. Today, she empowers patients through bioidentical hormone therapy, gut repair, lifestyle strategies, and toxin reduction—always with the goal of supporting the body’s natural ability to heal and thrive.Julia Ward, MDWebsite: https://drjuliaward.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjuliaward/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-ward-md-55b7672a/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.juliaward6691-----Dr. Alya Ahmad, MD, FAAPLinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alya-ahmad-md-0601b190/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drblogger123/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/shamynds⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shamynds.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠----Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAPWebsite: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://palamedicine.com/⁠Linkedin: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/suraiya.rahman.md/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠----Too Curious MDsInstagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/toocuriousmds?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TooCuriousMDs----Produced by DrTalks:  https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/