Medi-Gyn Hormone Center

Starting HRT at 50 is not the same as at 70?

The WHI concluded that the best time
to start your hormone therapy is

- before the age of 60 or
- within the first 2 years of menopause

For post menopausal women - within the first 10 years after your last menstrual cycle appears to lower risk of developing age related conditions: cardiovascular, metabolic, genitourinary, brain conditions etc.

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Do hormones cause breast cancer? The answer is far from being YES or NO.

The Women’s Health Initiative changed the conversation around hormone therapy for an entire generation of women.

The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) changed the way millions of women — and many doctors — viewed hormone therapy.

But more than 20 years later, one thing is clear: the findings need context.

The WHI identified important risks associated with the specific hormone therapy studied. But it also showed benefits — and overall mortality was not increased.
One of the most important details?

🎥 Part 1: Who was treated?

- Women aged 50–79, with an average age of 63 — many were considerably older than the age at which hormone therapy is typically prescribed today for menopausal symptoms and age-related prevention.

The major less is that hormone therapy cannot be considered in isolation:

- Age, timing, medical history, individual risk factors — and, as we’ll discuss next, the type of hormones and treatment used — all matter.

Next: What hormones did the WHI actually study — and did all hormone therapies produce the same results?

Returning to London, but seeing it with completely new eyes.

I’d like to step away from the familiar now & then as I know that it gives me the perspective to dream bigger, think differently, and return even more inspired.

As the founder of Medi-Gyn, I’m taking this journey as a reminder that new perspectives create new possibilities.

London, through my eyes. 🇬🇧
And a new chapter for Medi-Gyn Women’s Health.

“Hormone therapy causes cancer.”

The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study in the early 2000s dramatically influenced how women — and many healthcare professionals — thought about menopausal hormone therapy.

What often gets missed is that hormone therapy isn’t one single treatment, and its potential risks and benefits cannot be separated from factors such as:
• The type of hormone therapy
• Which hormones are used
• The dose and route of administration
• Duration, age and timing
• Individual health and risk factors

Understanding the evidence is far more useful than making decisions based on a headline from decades ago.

In the next Reel, let’s look at what the WHI research actually showed—and what many women never heard about it.