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FDA to Remove 'Black Box' Warnings From Menopause Hormone Therapy. Here's Why.


For more than 20 years, hormone therapy for menopause has carried a warning label from the Food and Drug Administration describing the medication's risk of serious harms – namely, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and possibly dementia.

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