Menstruation, Menopause, and Hormone Replacement Therapy for Women

In this excerpt from my appearance on The Huberman Lab Podcast, Andrew and I discuss the Women’s Health Initiative study, hormone replacement therapy for women, and a range of topics related to women’s health, including:
-A detailed overview of hormones as they relate to the menstruation cycle
-Stages and symptoms of menopause
-How PMS relates to hormones
-A brief history of how the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study came to be
-The failures of the WHI study design and participant selection
-The use of synthetic progesterone in the WHI study and why this was problematic
-The use of hormone replacement therapy for women in Peter’s practice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEZpg0n7jcY