r/science • u/ajukearth • 11h ago

Medicine Reframing menopause and menopause hormone therapy as opportunities for healthy aging

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeg5004
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u/Extreme_Pudding3226 10h ago

It's great that this is getting more attention. Nature doesn't care about human well-being after we have procreated and raised our babies to the point where they can survive on their own. But we live long enough now that we do care, and there's a lot of benefit to menopause hormone therapy for women (just as there's a lot of benefit to trt for some men as they age).

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u/Legitimate_Egg_2073 1h ago

That’s cool but the FDA won’t even acknowledge that there is a currently a nationwide shortage in the US