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Myths and Misconceptions of Hormone Therapy
The original 2002 WHI headlines led to a generation of women being denied effective menopause care based on data that were misinterpreted and applied to the wrong population. Two decades of follow‑up now show that, for healthy women who start hormone therapy before age 60 or within 10 years of menopause, modern regimens are safe, highly effective for symptom relief, and confer important long‑term benefits such as fracture reduction—with risks that depend on age, timing, and formulation rather than a blanket ‘HRT is dangerous’ message
