Insights
What I wish more of my patients knew.
Short, plainspoken notes from my clinic — on the research, the gotchas, and the questions I get asked most often.
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Why your doctor said “wait until menopause” (and why that’s outdated)
If you’ve been told to white-knuckle it until your periods stop, your doctor isn’t lying — they’re working off a playbook that hasn’t been updated in twenty years.
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The WHI study changed everything — and most of it was wrong
The 2002 trial that scared a generation of doctors away from HRT was misreported in ways that took twenty years to unwind. Here’s what the data actually says.
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Transdermal vs oral estrogen: why I almost always choose the patch
Pills go through your liver. Patches don’t. That one detail changes the risk-benefit calculation more than most patients realize.