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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Before the panic, one in four women used hormone replacement…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 09:19

The consequences have been devastating. Since that decision, more than 50 million American women have been scared away from treatments that could have eased their suffering and extended their lives. Before the panic, one in four women used hormone replacement therapy. Today, it's fewer than one in 20. That's not progress. That's neglect. That's malpractice. We can no longer accept a culture of fear that blocks innovation and keeps patients from proven therapies. (09:19–09:27)

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Asserts a decline in hormone replacement therapy usage from one in four women to fewer than one in 20.

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