Post-menopausal women face heightened breast cancer risk due to excess body fat. Declining oestrogen production shifts ...

Testosterone has always been seen as a male-only hormone, but there are others who are using it and have found amazing ...

Medsafe is investigating a brand of oestrogen patches, after receiving multiple reports from users who say they are experiencing a lack of adhesion and efficacy. An Estradot user, Crystal, noticed her ...

Oestrogen patches have been used in an Australian trial to reduce the symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in women. Lead researcher Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, of the Alfred Psychiatry ...

Menopause, the natural cessation of periods due to lower hormone levels, typically occurs between the ages of 45 and 55. The ...

Breast cancer is hormonally driven, by oestrogen. Normally, oestrogen is extremely helpful - aside from its role in the reproductive cycle, it keeps blood vessels elastic, increases good cholesterol ...

Hormone imbalances have been shown to affect around eight in 10 women, causing everything from rollercoaster emotions, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), fatigue and more. If you’ve been feeling ...

Prostate cancer is now the most common male cancer, with nearly 35000 new cases in the United Kingdom in 2004 (Cancer Research UK, 2007). When prostate cancer is not amenable to potentially curative ...

Oestrogen may be protective for the brain against neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and dementia, and women should not be discouraged from taking hormone replacement therapy, scientists ...

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