Marty Makary: “Massive, massive, highly respected studies [show] 30%…”

“A 30 to 50% reduction in heart disease. What are we doing? The number one cause of death in women is heart disease. The power of dogma in the journal Circulation. Again, Massive, massive, highly respected studies [show] 30% reduction in all cause mortality and a 48% reduction in heart attack deaths [with hormone replacement therapy]. Okay, we talk about statins all the time. We never talk about HRT. Statins have up to a 35% reduction and these studies are showing up to a 50% reduction.” (16:51–17:05)

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