Dr. Gabrielle Lyon on Instagram: "The Women’s Health Initiative didn’t invalidate hormone therapy— but the way its findings were reported changed everything. - Headlines warned of breast cancer, heart attacks, and stroke. - Hormone therapy use plummeted. - And millions of women were left to suffer through menopausal symptoms—often without good guidance. But here’s what’s true: - The WHI was never designed to study symptom relief. It tested whether hormones could prevent chronic disease in older,

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