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Karyn Eilber

Karyn Eilber

Urogynecologist and pelvic-reconstruction surgeon, Professor of Urology and Associate Professor of OB-GYN at Cedars-Sinai, now running a membership-based pelvic and bladder health practice in Beverly Hills.

Aug 25, 2026

TaraHOST
6:00
Let's do different age groups.
6:02
So in younger men, unless they have medical conditions like neurologic disease, maybe they had a spinal cord injury, or maybe they've been diabetic for a long time and it's affecting their nerves- Some of that is anxiety.
6:14
Um, it is not an uncommon scenario.
6:17
Maybe somebody got too drunk or did certain drugs and they weren't able to get it up.
6:20
Then, of course, the next time, it's so anxiety-provoking, it just doesn't work.
6:23
So oftentimes Viagra is used or some medication like that, and it's a little bit of a placebo, honestly.
6:30
But for a young, healthy man who can't get it up, I'd probably send them to see a sexologist like you or a sex therapist.

22 MINS LATER

TaraHOST
28:23
No.
14:51
Mm-hmm.
14:52
So we have to make sure that women understand that.
14:53
But if a woman's coming in, she's fanning herself, I mean, no question, let's try to get you on something that's going to help you.
14:59
Thankfully, there are also non-hormonal options for hot flashes these days for women who cannot take hormones, say she's got breast cancer, a very strong family history of breast cancer or blood clots.
15:09
But the first question is, why do you wanna take hormones? If it's for libido, then maybe she's already on estrogen.
15:16
Maybe we just add a little testosterone.
15:17
But like anything, it's not really necessarily a one-size-fits-all.
19:37
But what can a person do who's so susceptible, so vulnerable to UTIs? What is the remedy?

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