What happened to menopause care after the controversial Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study? In this episode, Dr. Barbara “Menopause” Taylor takes a fiery look at how the WHI changed the way women and doctors think about hormone replacement therapy (HRT), examining its findings in relation to heart attack, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s, and breast cancer.

Dr. Taylor compares menopause management before and after the WHI, exploring how fear transformed HRT from a treatment focused on disease prevention into one primarily aimed at relieving severe symptoms. With her trademark “Women’s Hell Ini-$h!t-ive” perspective, she challenges the lasting impact of the study and explains why women need facts rather than fear when making decisions about menopause.

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