Hormone Therapy May Offer More Benefits Than Risks For Certain Women With Menopausal Symptoms

reports that in 2002, “hormone replacement therapy [HRT] toppled off the table for many menopausal women and their” physicians when the Women’s Health Initiative study “stopped early after a data review published results linking a common hormone therapy to an increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke and blood clots.” Now, “specialists in women’s health say it’s time for the public and the medical profession to reconsider their views on” HRT, particularly since research has “clarified the risks, benefits and ideal ages for hormone therapy.” Currently, “medical organizations, including the Endocrine Society in 2015 and the North American Menopause Society in 2017, have released updated recommendations” in which “the overall message is that hormone therapy offers more benefits than risks for the relief of menopausal symptoms in mostly healthy women of a specific age range: those who are under age 60 or within 10 years of stopping menstruation.” https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hormone-replacement-therapy-menopause