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January 7, 2025
Q&A: The Brain-Gut-Vagina Axis and How It Impacts Women's Health
After learning about the brain-gut connection some ten years ago, Betsy Greenleaf, DO, FACOOG, FACOG, MBA, started to wonder how the concept could apply to her work as a urogynecologist specializing in pelvic medicine.
"I kept thinking about the gut-brain axis, and this light bulb went off, and I was like, ‘Wait a minute, there's a connection to the vagina too,'" Dr. Greenleaf said. “I was starting to see that when women's gut microbiomes were off, they were getting more recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) and vaginal dryness.”
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