Hormone Therapy With High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, or High Cholesterol: New Guidance for Menopause

If you’ve been told no to hormone therapy because of high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, or your weight, a joint position paper from the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the World Heart Federation (Global Heart, 2026) lays out a different approach: assess your individual risk, then tailor the type, dose, and route.For women at higher cardiovascular or clot risk, the paper’s preferred option is low-dose transdermal estrogen (a patch, gel, or spray) with micronized progesterone if you have a uterus, after a real conversatio… Video by YouTube channel.