A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological conditions. Credit...Yuko Shimizu Supported by By Rachel E. Gross Estrogen is the ...

A new study in mice provides insights into why females in their reproductive years appear to be relatively protected from chronic kidney disease, a leading public health concern. The study reports ...

Women using a certain type of hormone therapy to treat menopause symptoms could be at higher risk for breast cancer, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in The Lancet Oncology, ...

If a woman is being treated with topical estrogen for atrophic vaginitis, does she need to use a progestin (synthetic progesterone) to protect the uterus? The best clinical practice at this point in ...

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All menopause treatments containing the hormone estrogen are mandated by the US Food and Drug Administration to carry a black box warning on the label, stating that the treatments could increase the ...

In Danish women with a history of ischemic stroke, use of vaginal estradiol tablets was not associated with an increased rate of recurrent ischemic stroke. Results suggest these women may not be so ...

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Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found. This stops pain signals before they get to ...