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Hormone therapies for menopause will no longer carry a black box warning about serious risks such as breast cancer, heart attack and stroke, the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to remove the black box warning—its most serious alert for prescription medications—on menopause hormone therapy (MHT) products, social media influencers took a victory lap. Their posts suggested MHT is good for everything—heart, brain, bones, even reversing the signs of aging

Experts recommend starting hormone therapy before the age of 60 or within ten years of the start of menopause. MStudioImages/E+/Getty imageshide caption

On Monday, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary announced that after 20 years, they were righting a medical wrong — what Makary has called “maybe one of the greatest screw-ups of modern medicine” — by pushing to remove the “black box”…

A woman’s estrogen levels are a delicate ever-changing balance. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a part of medicine that hasn’t received much attention until recently. So much is changing in terms of who should seek hormone replacement therapy and how much it can benefit women

For years, many women have learned to live with symptoms they assume are simply part of being female

The Food and Drug Administration says it is removing the black box safety warnings from all hormone therapy creams, pills and other treatments prescribed to ease the symptoms of menopause and perimenopause

November 13, 2025 ByMaureen Salamon, Executive Editor, Harvard Women’s Health Watch

Feeling overwhelmed? What is on your plate might be part of the problem, or the solution. Nutrition researchers are uncovering how everyday foods can spike or soothe cortisol levels, offering a natural way to manage stress through smarter eating

The impact of hormone replacement therapy on cardiovascular health in postmenopausal women: a narrative review