Reflecting on Hormone Therapy!

Recent widely reported Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) data published in prestigious New England Journal of Medicine has women asking numerous questions about menopause and how to survive the hot flashes, mood swings and other symptoms. Menopause can be a confusing time for women, especially since there is so much information out there much of which seems to conflict. Five years after government scientists halted a major study of women due to preliminary findings that reported increased risks of heart attack and stroke, new analyses of data have allowed for better understanding of the benefits and risks of hormone therapy. New Research is giving us a better understanding of how to help women with health issues affection women. Joining us to shed light on one of the hottest topics women everywhere are talking about is one of the nation’s leading experts on women’s health. Susan Wysocki is the President and CEO of the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health. More about Susan Wysocki: Susan Wysocki, RNC, NP, FAANP, is President and CEO of the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH), based in Washington, DC. She is the editor of Women’s Health Care: A Practical Journal for Nurse Practitioners and Conversations in Counseling. She also serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner World News, Contraceptive Technology Update, and Dialogues in Contraception. In 1999, Ms. Wysocki was selected by a national panel of nurse practitioners convened by the Nurse Practitioner Journal for a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000, she was chosen as a charter Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She has served as the chair of the National Alliance of Nurse Practitioners and was the founding President of the American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP). In 2003, she was presented ACNP’s Sharp Cutting Edge Award for her leadership and an award from the Nurse Practitioner Journal for political activism. Susan Wysocki, RNC, BSN, NP, FAANP, has disclosed that she has received grants for educational activities from Berlex, Ortho, Wyeth, Procter & Gamble, and Barr. Ms. Wysocki has also disclosed that she has served as an advisor or consultant to Berlex, Wyeth, Novo Nordisk, Merck, and Barr.