Millions of Women Stopped Taking Hormones Because of a Misread Study | Dr. Sharon Malone

When women need to start thinking about hormone therapy, can you help us frame how they should start thinking about it? The thing that maybe we should just unpack is this black box warning that came from the FDA because it's what got people really scared. So the black box warning for hormone therapy was what? It will increase your risk of heart attack, of stroke, of dementia, breast cancer. You can't apply that same data from 79 year olds and 65 year olds to 45 year olds.

They're not the same. Overnight, I think 50 million women stopped hormones, which created a, you know, a catastrophe in the country. So let's talk about that. There's a survey that found that 66% of women really are completely unprepared. Estrogen affects every major organ system in your body and it starts with your brain.

The sooner you start it, the more benefit you get. But let me say this. When you're talking about libido issues, the first thing you should always address Dr. Sharon Malone is a nationally recognized women's health expert, board-certified OBGIN, and certified menopause practitioner serving as chief medical advisor at Ally Health.

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