A new analysis of hormone therapy for menopause reaffirms previous warnings that the drugs have more risks than benefits for most women — but also states that the harms are low early in menopause and that hormones are “appropriate for symptom management in some women.” JoAnn E. Manson, the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the first author. Elizabeth G. Nabel, HMS professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, wrote an editorial accompanying the report.
