Better Training for Menopausal Management Urgently Needed (misuse of WHI data)

Medscape
 
 The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists published an updated committee opinion this month addressing this issue.

....Dr Montgomery agrees that the WHI findings have not been appropriately communicated to providers and women.
"Medical educators have remained fixed in time since the WHI came out saying estrogen kills, but if they kept up with the literature, estrogen keeps women alive longer," Dr Montgomery said. "Young doctors are being told hormones are terrible and don't prescribe them, but if you look at the data, they actually save lives."....

            Misunderstanding of Women's Health Initiative Results

One stumbling block to quality care of perimenopausal women, write Dr Manson and Dr Kaunitz, is the misuse of the initial findings of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial, which has led to "anxiety and confusion" in women who now fear hormone therapy.