When MS Meets Menopause: Is It Time to Rethink HRT?

PHOENIX — The overlapping symptoms of menopause and multiple sclerosis (MS) in aging women may warrant hormone replacement therapy (HRT), says one expert, who argues that the potential benefits in easing the combined symptom burden outweigh the therapy’s modest risks. It is suspected but not proven that menopause increases the risk and severity of menopausal …