Those are myths, dogma. When the 5- or 10‑year period was set, it wasn't based on science at all. Things have changed a lot now.
In Quebec, the Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux has also looked at this. They released a report in October 2024. There's no longer an age for taking hormones. It's truly up to women. The institute didn't have a mandate to comment on the preventive side of hormone therapy, but it may do so in the future. It focused on how to relieve symptoms, and it limited itself to certain aspects. That said, there's no longer an age for taking hormones.
I will be brief, but what's interesting is that there are two extremely positive points. The institute recognizes that the hormone therapy I have favoured for 25 years—namely, transdermal 17β‑estradiol with micronized progesterone—is the first-choice treatment. It has been recognized for a long time in Toronto, in the protocols for transgender women. It was recognized in 2019. It's coming along for women. It also recognizes that—