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Anna Barbieri

Anna Barbieri

Gynecologist and menopause specialist; Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science at Mount Sinai; Clinical Strategy Leader for the Carolyn Rowan Center for Women's Health and Wellness.

Jul 21, 2026

3:29
Big topic,
3:30
big topic.
3:31
I think maybe what I will do, let's take a step back and talk about what hormones are and what peptides are.
3:37
Because I think a lot of people, and especially on Instagram, there's quite a bit of confusion over that.
3:42
So peptides can be hormones, and hormones can be peptides.
3:48
But they're slightly different terms.
3:51
So basically, a peptide describes the structure of something.

27 MINS LATER

31:16
And most of the time, like your primary care doctor
16:40
For me, that changed the way I look at my patients.
17:08
I'll share a story with you.
17:10
And I, just to warn you, I sometimes get emotional when I think about this story.
17:14
And this patient is one of the really heroes of my life.
17:20
She's taught me a lot, taught my colleagues and many medical students a lot.
17:27
This was someone who had moved here from the UK.
17:29
She's actually a physician there and she was used to a different, very different healthcare system.

13 MINS LATER

30:20
So maybe you want to

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