When women ask about hormone options in menopause, they’re often told not to take oral estradiol. I feel that blanket statement is unfair, because it leads women to believe it isn’t an option when the discussion is much more nuanced. If you’ve been told that estrogen pills cause blood clots, heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer, and dementia, you’re not alone. Most of us, patients and clinicians alike, learned about hormone therapy through the headlines of the 2002 WHI study