Doctors adopt new term 'hormone therapy' to reflect updated approach to menopause symptom management
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Summary
Health care providers are shifting terminology from "hormone replacement therapy" to "hormone therapy" when treating menopause symptoms. This change reflects a new medical understanding that the treatment is not about replacing what the ovaries used to produce, but rather providing relief during a natural life transition. Dr. Stephanie Faubion of the Mayo Clinic explains that the goal is to give enough estrogen to ease symptoms, not to replace ovarian function entirely.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledWe call it hormone therapy, and the reason for that is we are not trying to replace what the ovary used to make.
We're only trying to give enough estro
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