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, ...

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Until about 20 years ago, physicians routinely prescribed the hormones estrogen and progestin for women after menopause, when levels of both of these hormones decline. This seemed like a logical ...

Transdermal estradiol-2 (E2) hormone therapy was associated with significantly better episodic memory in postmenopausal women than no hormone therapy, while oral ET was associated with significantly ...

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 ...

(Embargoed) CHAPEL HILL – Researchers nationwide have halted the part of a 40-center study that involved trying to determine the risks versus the benefits of healthy postmenopausal women taking the ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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