11/10/2025
The WHI (Women’s health initiative) was abruptly halted and data initially presented decades ago when I was in medical school. It was a questionable study with older women given non bio-identical hormones and the early data was widely misrepresented by investigators and the media. Nonetheless it scared women and doctors alike from routinely using menopausal hormones for decades. A whole generation of women suffered through menopausa stripped of their right to use hormones. Well now, thanks to so many ob/gyn, urology and sexual health physicians out there who have been fighting for the truth and for women’s health we finally are seeing the tides turn.
Here are just a few who deserve so much for the their efforts.
The Pause Life by Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Dr Vonda Wright
Dr. Corinne D. Menn, Board Certified, Gynecology for Women & Adolescents
Rachel S. Rubin MD - Urologist and Sexual Medicine
Tamsen Fadal
Dr. Amy B Killen
Estrogen Matters
“Randomized studies show that women who initiate HRT within 10 years of the onset of menopause (generally before age 60) have a reduction in all-cause mortality and fractures. Women may also reduce their risk of cardiovascular diseases by as much as 50%, Alzheimer’s disease by 35%, and bone fractures by 50 to 60%. Though the starting time of HRT and duration of use are decisions made between the prescriber and the individual patient, the FDA’s labeled recommendation will be to start HRT within 10 years of menopause.”
https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-advances-womens-health-removes-misleading-fda-warnings-hormone-replacement-therapy.html
