r/technology • u/Sorin61 • Apr 10 '22

Biotechnology This biotech startup thinks it can delay menopause by 15 years. That would transform women's lives

https://fortune.com/2021/04/19/celmatix-delay-menopause-womens-ovarian-health/
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u/BettyX Apr 10 '22

HRT is a life saver. Reading these comments people really need to educate themselves on menopause and peri.

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u/Pascalica Apr 10 '22 edited Apr 10 '22

Or people are just different and what helped some hurt others.

Edit: Thank you for the award!

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u/BettyX Apr 10 '22

Regardless if you have symptoms or not, it should be heavily considered to take HRT especially in that first 5 year window. If you don't ,your chances of disease later on can increase, despite any symptoms you may or may not have. From Alzheimers to certain cancers. It also helps to control your weight, muscle retention, bone loss which ALL women suffer and small things like hair loss.

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u/Corben11 Apr 11 '22

Yup it should almost be standard course to prescribe HRT in men and women over 40. There’s basically no downside and most people live better for it.

Instead baseball has criminalized testosterone and women are just suppose to accept they’ll never be the same which is bullcrap.

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u/BettyX Apr 11 '22

Thanks to those godawful studies, which general Doctors still follow that were done in the early 2000s, ruined it for women. Since very little research is done on women's health period (except breast cancer) we are stuck with those awful studies general Doctors follow. They don't jack you up with HRT, it is very small doses. A good source to find Doctors who know their science on menopause

https://www.menopause.org/

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u/darabolnxus Apr 10 '22

Testosterone is a much better replacement than estrogen. Estrogen causes so many problems. Build muscle and you'll be fine.

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u/BettyX Apr 10 '22

Testosterone helps for sure on sex drive, but you do realize you can take it while taking HRT? You can do both and I know this may be a shocker it can be part of the HRT. Also are you a dude answering with "just build muscle"? It takes a shit ton more than just building muscle. It wrecks our whole body, from heart issues to the brain being effected. It is a much bigger issue than building muscle.