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Opinion The Checkup With Dr. Wen: Who should — and shouldn’t — use hormone therapy for menopause?

What menopausal women should consider when deciding if they should start hormone therapy.

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Contributing columnist|
May 16, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. EDT
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Many readers shared stories about how the medical profession’s shunning of hormone therapy for menopause, the subject of my column this week, profoundly affected their lives.