What: Medscape digs in to the exceedingly low hormone replacement therapy numbers among American women aged 50-59, with less than four percent using the treatment. That is *ten times* lower than the HRT usage rate before a 2002 study (of an ultimately skewed population) scared clinicians into not prescribing HRT for symptoms like hot flashes.
Why it matters: “The lack of education among providers is likely the biggest reason for the decline, Pinkerton says. ‘I think it’s because there’s a whole group of providers that did not receive any training, and that’s OB/GYNs, internal medicine, family practice, endocrinologists,’ she said. ’Now that people are starting to feel more confident that we can use it safely, we’re trying to get that training out to people about vasomotor symptoms, about hormone therapy, and now about new nonhormone therapies.’”
Source: Medscape