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How One Well Meaning Study Led to Substandard Care

May 15, 2024

What: The Washington Post’s Leana Wen takes on the menopause study that led to millions of menopausal women getting little to no medical treatment for their symptoms: “The mistaken belief that hormone therapy should be avoided led to a huge treatment vacuum in menopause care. One study found that only 4 percent of women 50 and older in 2018 and 2019 were receiving hormone therapy, down from more than 22 percent in 1999 and 2000.”

Why it matters: “Clinicians and patients should learn about how a misinterpreted study led to substandard care for millions of women. They need to spread the word that hormone therapy for menopausal women does not deserve its bad reputation. It never did.”

Source: Washington Post

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