Dr. Joshua John-Ram SchacterDr. Joshua Schacter, DO FAAOS, is America’s Holistic Orthopedic Surgeon, with nearly two decades of surgical expertise.

Hormones & Health: What You Need to Know

6 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter argues that hormone therapy has been underused since the WHI study, which he says set women back in health and longevity. He cites clinical observations (fractures, sarcopenia, cardiovascular risk) and refers to a recent Swedish study of 150,000 patients reporting that initiating BHRT after age 65 reduced all-cause mortality by 17–19%. The excerpt emphasizes hormones’ role in promoting healthier, more vibrant aging.

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We're really missing out on opportunities to help people with their health.
The WHI study set us all back quite a bit. It set women back in this country in their health care. It set women back in this country in their longevity. And to be honest, it's cost women useful life years. Right. And I've seen it as an orthopedic surgeon. We see it as fractures and we see it as a loss of muscle mass over time. Sarcopenia. We also see it in the cardiovascular system. It significantly reduces our cardiac risk. There was just a Swedish study that came out. It's 150,000 patients. And you know, even when we started BHRT after 65, it still reduced all cause mortality by between 17 and 19%. So there's just so much evidence to suggest that hormones are essential not just for our body to get to menopause or andropause for men, but past that right into a really vibrant aging. And if we don't have these hormones, then we're really missing out on opportunities to help people with their health.