Menopausal estrogen-only therapy appears to lower risk of mortality significantly without harmful side effects among women treated in their 50s who had a hysterectomy and their ovaries removed, ...

Many doctors agree with the Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to remove the black box warnings on at least some ...

Seeking to better understand the key role the female hormone estrogen plays in maintaining energy balance and weight control, a group led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine looked into ...

Struggling with distressing menopause symptoms? So many of us are. In a 2023 survey, 81 percent of menopausal and ...

In the 1980s and '90s, many doctors told women going through menopause that they should take female hormones — estrogen and progestin — to alleviate symptoms like hot flashes and sleep problems. The ...

Thank you Sharon Gunser and Katherine Cail for your well-written article headlined “Breast cancer risk factors and treatment options” in last Sunday’s Monitor. As the writers pointed out, survival ...

London, UK - Hopes that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) using forms of estrogen other than those tested to date might yet yield some benefits in the secondary prevention of coronary artery disease ...

CHICAGO — Estrogen replacement therapy significantly improved bone density in frail, elderly women, according to a study that suggests beginning the treatment even late in life may be beneficial. The ...

A trial performed by the Women's Health Initiative assessed the effects of estrogen (conjugated equine estrogens) plus progestin (medroxyprogesterone acetate) therapy versus placebo in 16,608 ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) alters hormone levels, which can manage menopause symptoms. Doctors also use it to manage hormone imbalances and as part of gender affirming care. Hormone therapy has ...