Wellness Unmasked Weekly Rundown: FDA Reverses Course on HRT: What Women Need to Know + Health Update on Sen. Fetterman

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🗓️ 14 November 2025

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Dr. Nicole Saphier breaks down the FDA’s decision to remove the long-standing black box warning on hormone replacement therapy (HRT)—a major shift that could change how millions of women approach menopause care. She explains why the update matters, what the latest science shows about HRT safety, and how early treatment can improve long-term health outcomes. Dr. Saphier also addresses public questions surrounding Senator John Fetterman’s recent cardiac scare.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wellness on Mask. I'm Dr. Nicole Sapphire, and this is your weekly rundown.
0:07.4	And let me tell you, it's been a busy week. So I'm going to try and jam pack some stuff into a couple minutes.
0:13.3	The biggest thing to come out of the news cycle this week, in my opinion, is the fact that the FDA is removing the black box warning from hormone replacement therapy for women.
0:22.7	For decades now, because of old antiquated studies, old formulations of medications,
0:28.6	women and physicians have been afraid of offering these medications to women as they're going
0:34.3	through perimenopause and menopause. Now, just because you remove the black
0:37.7	box warning, that does not mean that there are not still risks associated. Of course, there's risk
0:42.3	with every medication. And not everyone is eligible for hormone replacement therapy. But what
0:47.9	the overwhelming data show right now is women who begin hormone replacement therapy before they
0:53.6	go through menopause, maybe even
0:55.3	10 years before menopause, it actually can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia,
1:01.5	cognitive decline, maybe even lower their risk of breast cancer as well as other things.
1:06.4	So women, you don't have to suffer through menopause, perimenopause symptoms. Talk to your doctors.
1:12.5	We're talking about estrogen, progesterone, and even testosterone. That's right. Testosterone is for women,
1:18.1	too. They have oral medications, but the more commonly used ones these days are patches, significantly
1:24.2	fewer side effects. There's also creams, vaginal creams. You may have heard of pellets.
1:29.2	I'm not a huge fan of pellets. Maybe we can do a longer episode later on and I can tell you why.
1:34.4	Ultimately, everything works differently for other people. So if you're considering hormone
1:38.3	replacement therapy, talk to your doctor. There's lots of options and you don't need to be
1:41.7	scared away. Removing the black box warning is
1:44.7	well overdue. It should have been done a long time ago. Another big thing that happened this week,
1:49.4	just yesterday, Senator Fetterman took to X, and he said that he was out for a walk, and he fell,
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