Hormonal Birth Control, Informed Consent and HRT
What every mother and woman should know about hormone replacement and birth control
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Birth Control Choice, HRT and breast cancer risk in young women
Young women, using even higher doses for birth control, are absolutely not being warned about similar risks. That's not informed consent—that's a systemic failure.
That’s why I created “Informed Consent & Hormonal Birth Control: What Every Woman Should Know.”
This course:Bridges the knowledge gap with up-to-date science,
Empowers providers to discuss real risks—not leave them in the shadows,
Promotes safer alternatives when risk is elevated.
Young women, using even higher doses for birth control, are absolutely not being warned about similar risks. That's not informed consent—that's a systemic failure.
That’s why I created “Informed Consent & Hormonal Birth Control: What Every Woman Should Know.”
This course:Bridges the knowledge gap with up-to-date science,
Empowers providers to discuss real risks—not leave them in the shadows,
Promotes safer alternatives when risk is elevated.
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Module 1: Introduction to Informed Consent
Download Study Below -Defines informed consent as more than a signature—it’s a process ensuring patients understand risks, benefits, and alternatives. Highlights ethical and legal responsibilities and shows how informed patients make safer, value-based choices.
Download Study Below -Defines informed consent as more than a signature—it’s a process ensuring patients understand risks, benefits, and alternatives. Highlights ethical and legal responsibilities and shows how informed patients make safer, value-based choices.
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Module 2: Hormonal Birth Control 101
Download Risk PDF below -Explains types of hormonal contraception, including combined and progestin-only methods. Covers how estrogen and progestin work, delivery systems, and how younger age and long-term use increase risks.
Download Risk PDF below -Explains types of hormonal contraception, including combined and progestin-only methods. Covers how estrogen and progestin work, delivery systems, and how younger age and long-term use increase risks.
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Module 3: Risk Profile Deep Dive
Reviews research linking hormonal birth control to increased breast cancer, clotting, mood, and metabolic risks. Provides a comparative chart by method and stresses individualized counseling for high-risk patients.
Reviews research linking hormonal birth control to increased breast cancer, clotting, mood, and metabolic risks. Provides a comparative chart by method and stresses individualized counseling for high-risk patients.
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Module 4: Safer Alternatives
Presents effective non-hormonal options like copper IUDs, barrier methods, and fertility tracking. Discusses lower-risk hormonal methods and tailoring choices for teens, women with family history, and perimenopausal patients.
Presents effective non-hormonal options like copper IUDs, barrier methods, and fertility tracking. Discusses lower-risk hormonal methods and tailoring choices for teens, women with family history, and perimenopausal patients.
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Meet your instructor
Dr. Kimberly Carlucci is not a medical doctor. She is a doctor of chiropractic who began her career as a cancer research scientist at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston before dedicating the past 30 years to chiropractic care and functional health. With advanced training in functional nutrition and certification as an ICCSP (Internationally Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician), she has also served as the team chiropractor for the NJ Hawkeyes and NJ Spartans men’s semi-pro football teams. Whether you're seeking pain relief, improved performance, or lifelong wellness, we utilize chiropractic care, functional bloodwork analysis, and personalized strategies to help you thrive at every stage of life. She has a husband who is a chiropractor and two adult children who were raised without the use of pharmaceuticals.
