The Biggest Lie Women Were Told | Casey Stumpf | Ep. 440
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April 6, 2026 · 2h 15m
About this episode
Casey Stumpf discusses the misconceptions surrounding hormone therapy for women and its implications on health.
Casey Stumpf is a nurse practitioner with 18 years of clinical experience spanning emergency medicine, military family health at Camp Pendleton, hospice care, and hormonal optimization. She holds a Menopause Society Certified Provider credential and a bachelor's in dietetics from UC Davis. She now runs a practice in California focused exclusively on perimenopause, menopause, and hormonal health for both men and women. In 2002, a study got published before the researchers finished reviewing it. The media ran with one conclusion: estrogen causes cancer. For the next two decades, women were stripped of hormone therapy and told to white knuckle through the worst years of their lives. That same study actually showed women on estrogen alone had 18% less breast cancer. Nobody reported that part. Casey walks through exactly what happened, why the data was misread, and what six decades of fear have cost 75 million American women — only 5% of whom are on hormones today. We get into the real mechanics of what perimenopause does to the brain and body, why testosterone is her favorite hormone for women, the connection between untreated menopause and Alzheimer's, hip fractures, heart disease…
People in this episode
Host: Andy Stumpf
Guest: Casey Stumpf
Topics covered
- hormonal health
- menopause
- perimenopause
- women's health
- medical misinformation
- aging
Keywords
- hormone therapy
- estrogen
- menopause
- perimenopause
- Alzheimer's
- heart disease
- testosterone
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Menopause Society
Books & works: end-of-life letter
Places: California
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