Prescriptions for hormone therapy dropped after a study suggested it could increase health risks like cancer. But experts say ...

For millions of American women, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has provided relief from side effects of menopause. As the ...

A recent study has, for the first time, looked at how hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) use can affect a person's risk of ...

We asked four Black women OBGYNs to weigh in on a recent study highlighting the potential connection between IUDs and breast ...

HRT’s purpose is to tackle menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, anxiety, low mood and vaginal discomfort. Your doctor will typically prescribe oestrogen along with progesterone or progestin ...

A recent study found that women who use levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs are at a higher risk of developing breast cancer ...

Stroke guidelines now include risks that are unique to women.   The American Stroke Association, a division of the American ...

Low-dose transdermal patches and gels delivering estradiol may promote endometrial proliferation, so a progestin or progesterone should be considered if the patient has her uterus, to prevent ...

Women using birth control pills must remember to take one each day. Synthetic estrogen and progestin (a form of progesterone) in the pills travel through the bloodstream to the hypothalamus and ...

Dr. Mary Claire Haver has amassed a following in the millions, all on the promise that women can thrive through menopause.

Current studies in the laboratory are examining the molecular regulation of progestin receptor (PR) in the brain to understand how the activated ... neuronal PRs are regulated in the central nervous ...

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