Marty Makary: “A woman who makes it to age 80 has a 1 in 3 chance of having…”

“The reduction in risk of Alzheimer's that's been suggested in one study. But let's just talk about the risk of bone fractures going down 50 to 60%. This is new England Journal level of medicine evidence. A woman who makes it to age 80 has a 1 in 3 chance of having a hip fracture. It is avoidable with a risk reduction of 50 to 60% [through hormone replacement therapy]. And so we're hammering rods in a woman's hip as a part of an operation for a condition that may have been avoidable. We don't talk about this issue as much as we should.” (15:27–17:05)

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