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Science Fictions · Dec 2, 2025 · 10 min

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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sciencefictionspod.substack.com 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. To listen to the full episode and read the show notes, please become a paid subscriber to the Science Fictions podcast.

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sciencefictionspod.substack.com

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.

To listen to the full episode and read the show notes, please become a paid subscriber to the Science Fictions podcast.

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