Hormone Therapy May Still Offer Important Health Benefits To Postmenopausal Women (May 31, 2004) -- Despite the highly publicized closing of the Women's Health Initiative study, the scientific community should not rule out that women may benefit from hormone therapy after menopause, say researchers ... > full story

Long-term Estrogen Therapy Linked To Breast Cancer Risk (May 9, 2006) -- Long-term estrogen therapy may be related to a higher risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women who have had a hysterectomy, according to an article in the May 8 issue of Archives of Internal ... > full story

Research In Monkeys Suggests Estrogen Therapy May Lower Androgens In Postmenopausal Women (May 17, 2004) -- Research in monkeys suggests that long-term use of estrogen therapy may reduce levels of androgens hormones involved in maintaining bone density, muscle mass, sexual function, memory, and ... > full story

Hormone Replacement Therapy Reduces Bad Cholesterol, Lipoprotein (a) (March 19, 1998) -- Hormone replacement therapy may help reduce a woman's risk of heart attack, by lowering blood levels of the most potentially destructive form of cholesterol, according to a study in today's ... > full story

High Estrogen/Progestin Levels May Reduce Asthma Severity, Say Pittsburgh Researchers (March 20, 2003) -- Progesterone and estrogen appear to have a positive effect on lung function and reduce the symptoms of asthma, according to a report published by University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public ... > full story

Increased Risk Of Ovarian Cancer Is Linked To Estrogen Replacement Therapy (July 17, 2002) -- Researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have found that women in a large study who used estrogen replacement therapy after menopause were at increased risk for ovarian cancer. The report ... > full story

Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked To Increased Risk For Certain Types Of Rarely Occurring Breast Cancer (June 10, 1999) -- Using hormone replacement therapy during menopause increases a woman's risk for developing some types of breast cancer that occur rarely, but not the more commonly occurring ductal carcinoma that ... > full story

Estrogen Therapy May Help Prevent Memory Decline In Elderly Women (October 12, 2000) -- Studies have found that estrogen replacement therapy prevents some of the decline in the ability to learn and to remember new material in postmenopausal ... > full story

Synthetic Progestin Damages, Estrogen Protects Blood Vessels In Animal Model (December 11, 2003) -- Synthetic progestins may be the major cause of harmful side effects reported with hormone replacement therapy. University of South Florida researchers used a novel imaging technique to show that ... > full story

Protective Effect Of Progestin In Hormone Replacement Therapy Appears to be Dose-Related (February 18, 1997) -- To help protect against endometrial cancer, women who take estrogen replacement therapy should also take progestin at least 10 days a month, say researchers at the University of ... > full story

High Levels Of Sex Hormones Doubles Risk For Breast Cancer In Postmenopausal Women (April 17, 2002) -- Postmenopausal women with relatively high serum concentrations of estrogen and testosterone have about twice the risk of developing breast cancer as women with relatively low serum concentrations of ... > full story

Hormone replacement therapy -- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a system of medical treatment for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, based on the assumption that it may prevent discomfort and health problems caused by ... > full article

Hysterectomy -- A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, usually done by a gynecologist. Hysterectomy may be total (removing the body and cervix of the uterus) or partial (also called ... > full article

Menopause -- Menopause (also known as the "Change of life" or climacteric) is a stage of the human female reproductive cycle that occurs as the ovaries stop producing estrogen, causing the reproductive system to ... > full article

Progesterone -- Progesterone is a C-21 steroid hormone involved in the female menstrual cycle, pregnancy (supports gestation) and embryogenesis of humans and other species. Progesterone belongs to a class of ... > full article

Hormone -- A hormone is a chemical messenger from one cell (or group of cells) to another. All multicellular organisms produce hormones including plants. The best-known animal (and human) hormones are those ... > full article

Estrogen -- Estrogens (also oestrogens) are a group of steroid compounds, named for their importance in the oestrus cycle, and functioning as the primary female sex hormone. While estrogens are present in both ... > full article

Testosterone -- Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group. Testosterone is secreted in the testes of men and the ovaries of women. It is the principal male sex hormone and the "original" anabolic ... > full article

Uterine fibroids -- Uterine fibroids (leiomyomata, singular leiomyoma) are the most common neoplasm in females, and may affect about 25 % of white and 50% of black women during the reproductive years. Fibroids may be ... > full article

Thyroid hormone -- The thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T₄) and triiodothyronine (T₃), are tyrosine-based hormones produced by the thyroid gland. An important component in the synthesis is iodine. The ... > full article

Androgen -- Androgen is the generic term for any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates ... > full article