Breast cancer is often caused by an imbalance of hormones in the body, particularly the progesterone hormone. This is a hormone-dependent type...
The majority of women suffer from one of the 34 menopause symptoms as the reach a later stage of life. Some women suffer from more symptoms than others...
Use of hormone replacement therapy, containing estrogen hormones, the progesterone hormone or a combination of the two, has caused much controversy...
Estrogen and progesterone hormones are often included as part of hormone replacement therapy. Hormone replacement therapy has become very popular...
After menopause, women face an increased risk of developing osteoporosis due to dropping levels of estrogen. As a result, many women use estrogen...
Even though short-term use of unopposed estrogen therapy does not appear to increase the risk of breast cancer, the impact of longer-term estrogen therapy...
As women reach menopausal age low estrogen levels can cause the bones to weaken drastically and many women will suffer from fractures as a result...
A high body mass index (BMI) has always been associated with increased health risks such as heart disease and diabetes; however recent research has also...
Many studies have been done on women’s risks for breast cancer (due in part to
the progesterone hormone) and their diet. However, the 2006 study...
Hormone treatment is regularly used to treat women who are experiencing a loss of libido as a result of reaching a menopausal stage of life...
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which causes heartburn and acid regurgitation, affects as much as 60% of the American population annually...
When a woman stops menstruating her estrogen levels drop significantly. Estrogen is responsible for maintaining proper health in women, so as estrogen...
As the main cause of death among women aged 50-79 in the United States, coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major health concern...
As a woman goes through menopause, naturally or surgically, her body can experience an alteration in levels of natural hormones. As natural hormones...
For decades, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) has been a well-known aid to symptoms prevalent in postmenopausal women. Among these symptoms, it is mostly used to treat osteoporosis...
Half of all women who have reached the post menopause stage have developed a fracture caused by osteoporosis at some point during their lives...
It is believed that fluctuating hormone levels that come as a result of menopause may affect several risk factors associated with coronary heart disease...
After menopause, the level of estrogen in a women’s body is significantly low. Because of the natural loss of estrogen, postmenopausal women experience...
A study has been conducted to determine how and if certain hormone levels effect the sleep pattern in middle-aged women. 630 women of perimenopausal...
After the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) released a report in 2002 about the effects of postmenopausal estrogen, use of estrogen has changed...
Until recently it was widely thought that the depletion of eggs in the ovaries and the following change in estrogen levels in a women’s body was the sole....
After two publications in July 2002 informed of negative side effects associated with estrogen/progestin combination therapy, use of previous...
The 2006 study by Crandall et al.: “Association of New-Onset Breast Discomfort with an Increase in Mammographic Density During Hormone Therapy” evaluates...
Testosterone is an important hormone for the health of both men and women. Elevated levels of testosterone in women, however, can have potentially.
Hormone replacement therapy (or HRT) has been linked to a whole host of serious health problems. According to new research published in
JAMA, hormone.
The medical community has long warned that there is insufficient evidence to prove that bioidentical hormones are safe or even effective. Now.
New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that estrogen may be key to preventing heart disease. Researchers say.
Postpartum depression is a severe psychological condition that occurs in women after giving birth. According to a recent study published in the.
The benefits of estrogen therapies are many. They remain controversial since some studies have linked them with endometrium and breast cancers.
The benefits of estrogen therapies are many. They remain controversial since some studies have linked them with endometrium and breast cancers.
Medical researchers investigated whether hormonal levels are related with sleeping problems. They studied women from 43 to 53 years old to check whether they had trouble sleeping .
Old women with low amounts of testosterone are at increased risk of suffering anemia, investigators report in The Archives of Internal Medicine.
