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The FDA has recently removed black box warnings, indicating a medication is potentially risky, from hormone therapy for menopause. The warning was originally put on in 2003 after a study seemed to show increased risks for cardiovascular disease, breast cancer …

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If you’re a woman who’s experiencing a loss of libido, you may have been advised to take testosterone supplements, but Wen Shen, a menopause expert at Johns Hopkins, says wholesale embrace of hormone therapy isn’t for everyone, in spite of …

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Hormone therapy is not a panacea for everything that happens to a women transitioning through menopause, cautions Wen Shen, a menopause expert at Johns Hopkins. Now that the FDA has removed their black box warning from many forms of hormone …

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Certain hormone therapies for menopause have had black box warnings on them since 2003, following concerns arising from the Women’s Health Initiative study, which seemed to show increased risks for breast cancer and dementia. Now the FDA has removed these …

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