DiscoverScience FictionsPaid-only episode 25: The menopause and hormone replacement therapy
Paid-only episode 25: The menopause and hormone replacement therapy

Paid-only episode 25: The menopause and hormone replacement therapy

Update: 2025-12-02
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Does the evidence support the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)? Depends on when you asked the question. At one point the consensus was “yes”; more recently it reversed. But should it have?

It also depends on what symptoms you’re talking about. Is HRT just all about hot flushes, or can it also treat mood and cognitive problems too? In this paid-only episode, we look at the evidence.

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Paid-only episode 25: The menopause and hormone replacement therapy

Paid-only episode 25: The menopause and hormone replacement therapy

Stuart Ritchie and Tom Chivers