The Savvy Patient
A weekly newsletter addressing all your burning questions about women's hormonal health from puberty to menopause. From ParentData contributor Gillian Goddard.
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What Happened to HRT? (opens the original)
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This week we tell you what the Women’s Health Initiative actually studied, why the hormone therapy trial was stopped, and how the headlines shaped menopause care for decades.The Women’s Health Initiative was the study that made a generation of women toss their hormone therapy in the trash. Co-hosts Erin Stein and Dr. Gillian Goddard dig into one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of women’s health ever done: more than 160,000 women, multiple clinical trials, an observational study, an
Estrogen’s Effects on the Immune System (opens the original)
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Developing a Supplement from Scratch (opens the original)
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I’ve been approached a number of times about working with supplement companies, and I have only said yes once. Today PlainSpeak co-founder Sara Brooks and I talk about what it takes to create a supplement moving it from an idea to an actual product and how to ensure that product is high quality. You can get a free sample of Strength Water by DMing @weareplainspeak on IG. And PlainSpeak is offering readers $20 off their order with the code Savvy20.<img class="install-substack-app-embed-img" src="
Why Did My Hair Change After Having Kids? (opens the original)
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Do Vaccines Cause Hormone Problems? (opens the original)
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