Ep. 23: Why we’re so confused about perimenopause and hormone therapy
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Hormone therapy has a complicated history. We’ve heard hormone therapy causes cancer and we’ve heard it is perfectly safe. We unpack the Women’s Health Initiative and why it has been so widely misunderstood and how the misinformation has led to widespread confusion. We hear from Dr. Jan Shifren of Massachusetts General Hospital's Midlife Women's Health Center, Dr. Marcie Richardson of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and the University of Guelph's Glen Pyle.
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