Your Thyroid, Your Hot Flashes, and One HRT Drug Worth Knowing About
Three new findings worth knowing about: research suggesting thyroid changes in midlife are more about aging than menopause, a nationwide cohort study linking the hormone therapy tibolone to elevated liver cancer risk, and new evidence that frequent hot flashes may signal reduced blood vessel function — not just discomfort. Key Takeaways: • Thyroid function does shift in midlife, but new research points to aging as the main driver — not menopause itself — meaning the two conditions need to be evaluated separately, not assumed to be the same problem. • Tibolone, a synthetic hormone therapy…
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