Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia among older generations and is more common in women. Despite conflicting...
Inflammation is thought to play a role in the initiation and development of cardiovascular disease, and much focus has been...
Hormone therapy is used to treat a multitude of menopause symptoms. From night sweats and incontinence, to weight gain...
Nearly all oral preparations of postmenopausal hormones (PMHs) increase levels of C-reactive protein (C-RP) which indicates inflammation...
In the later stages of life both men and women can suffer from the onset of a weakening of bone density. This loss is at a fractional percentage...
A great deal of older women are affected by cognitive impairment, a widespread and often debilitating medical problem. Many scientists...
Osteoporosis is a growing problem among women in today´s society. A result of weakening bone mass, osteoporosis occurs...
Menopause is a time of significant change for middle-aged women. An important time signaling the end of the reproductive cycle...
This article discusses numerous studies that have investigated the risks of Hormone Therapy which is commonly used to deal...
Hormone replacement therapy is commonly used by women going through postmenopause. In the United States alone...
In recent years natural alternative to hormone replacement therapy have been sought after...
Many women in today´s society are seeking relief from the various uncomfortable symptoms of menopause...
Menopause can be a very traumatic time for a woman and unfortunately post menopause offers little relief from hot flashes and breast tenderness...
Hormone therapy is often used by women during menopause to replace the hormones lost by their body...
Hormonal Replacement Therapy (HRT) has been promoted by medical professionals for years and yet little research has been done into the risks of stroke...
For many years research has suggested that some of the benefits of hormone replacement therapy include reduced risk of cardiovascular problems...
A premenopausal woman was experiencing some symptoms that were unexplainable to the doctors. After her medical history and hormone levels...
This study aims to determine the safety and effectiveness of fluoride in increasing spinal bone mass and reducing spinal fractures...
As women age they become more susceptible to bone fractures and osteoporosis. This is especially common post menopause when women generally suffer...
The intake of dairy food and calcium is regarded as having different effects on individual cancer sites on participants, which included women...
Peripheral Arterial disease (PAD) is a growing health problem affecting elderly women in Western society. Various investigations have shown that patients...
This article serves to review another article written by Weintraub and colleagues which said the when monitoring postmenopausal women that were receiving...
Many women find that combination hormone therapies, such as estrogen plus progesterone, are some of the most effective ways to treat menopausal symptoms...
Physical activity is important throughout life to maintain a healthy body and reduce the risk of disease.
During menopause it is thought to be particularly...
Currently affecting between over 17 million females over the age of 50 in the US, osteoporosis is a condition that lowers bone density...
Many women use replacement estrogen hormones in the treatment of menopausal and postmenopausal symptoms, which can make a woman’s lifel...
Estrogen hormones are a common treatment for women looking to alleviate the symptoms of menopause. Women also turn to estrogen hormones therapy...
A great deal of evidence suggests that a lack of estrogen hormones affects periodontal tissues and may play a part in the development of periodontitis...
Five percent of the United States population is affected by asthma and this number continues to rise each year. Six billion dollars was spent...
The changes that occur in women’s bodies during menopause can dramatically change the way in which a women lives her life...
Several studies have investigated the impact that hormones play on cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease...
Many women take multivitamins as an alternative to more drastic forms of menopause relief such as hormone therapy. Although these multivitamins...
A woman’s exposure to estrogen hormones can determine her risk of breast cancer. The more estrogen hormones she has, the greater...
Use of hormones is very common amongst postmenopausal women. Many turn to hormones therapy to combat osteoporosis...
The regular consumption of green and black tea has long been known to hold some health giving properties, however until recently, the effect of tea...
Thyroid hormone is an instrumental part of the human body and affects almost all of the tissue in the body. An excess of such hormone...
Menstrual hormones are unpredictable in many women and during premenopause such hormones can cause premenstrual syndrome or PMS...
In case-control studies, induced abortion has long been linked to breast cancer risk. A full-term pregnancy...
For women over the age of sixty, coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease are the primary concern of death...
Teriparatide is a hormone therapy used by post-menopause women suffering from osteoporosis after menopause. The Fracture...
Hormone replacement therapy has long been thought to help fight age related health issues such as osteoporosis and coronary heart disease...
After menopause, many women turn to hormone therapy to help alleviate the symptoms caused by a lack of estrogen...
A woman’s menstrual cycle is a complex system. Estrogen and progesterone hormones levels have to be at the right amount for a menstrual cycle...
Despite the proven benefits of hormone therapy and its addition of estrogen into the human body, it carries with it certain side effects. The most notorious
...
Epilepsy is a serious condition that is characterized by seizures. It is also a very common condition. Up to 3% of the population ...
Depression is known to be a risk factor of clinical heart disease. A person displaying high levels of symptoms of depressions...
Obesity is a growing problem in the US which can lead to a host of unpleasant and dangerous health problems. For menopausal women, weight gain is...
Many treatments are used to treat a variety of menopause symptoms in women approaching a later stage of life. Menopause symptoms result...
Estrogen Hormones have been introduced to the menopausal and postmenopausal bodies of women or several years...
Hormone therapy and the application of estrogens into the human body has long been used to treat the symptoms of menopause. Such an artificial...
Urinary incontinence is not one of the most common menopause symptoms women can suffer from, however it is one of the most embarrassing and difficult...
The 1999 study by Dr. Susan M. Gapstur et al.: “Hormone Replacement Therapy and Risk of Breast Cancer With a Favorable Histology: Results of the Iowa ...
Extended use of hormone replacement therapy during menopause is associated with an increased frequency of breast cancer. Paradoxically...
A great deal of evidence from observational studies, and also the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) shows that after menopause, women using combined estrogen...
Bone fractures become more an more common as women age, undoubtedly due to the weakening of the bones as estrogen levels fall and the common onset...
The 2000 study by Micheal H. Davidson et al. “Effects of Continuous Estrogen and Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Regimens on Cardiovascular Risk Markers in...
Since the 1940s, estrogen hormones have been a common supplement for treating menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes. Estrogen hormones have...
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.
