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November 1, 2025 ByMaureen Salamon, Executive Editor, Harvard Women’s Health Watch

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

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