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Debunking the Timing Hypothesis: Does Menopausal Hormone Therapy Really Protect Against Dementia, Depression and Cardiovascular Disease?
It’s been over a year since I wrote the last installment of The Menopause Files. In that time, enthusiasm (misplaced enthusiasm, IMHO) for hormone replacement therapy - now rebranded ‘menopausal hormone therapy’ or MHT - has only grown. Every week, I see female clients in their mid-to-late forties who have been prescribed some form of hormonal therapy for concerns such as weight gain, low mood, and mild cognitive issues like difficulty with word finding. As noted in Menopausal hormone therapy: Overpromising and underdelivering? (Part 2 of The Menopause Files), these complaints are not alleviated by MHT. So why do doctors - especially those who brand themselves as ‘holistic’ or ‘integrative’ - continue to prescribe hormones for conditions for which there’s no proven benefit?
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