Some women can’t take hormone replacement therapy to alleviate hot flashes and night sweats. This medication is one alternative.
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Heart disease isn’t just a “man’s problem”. Men and women’s bodies handle fats differently in midlife. What are the cardiovascular risk factors and is hormone therapy good for heart health?
Hot flushes, night sweats or swinging mood changes can be debilitating. So it’s tempting to look to complementary therapies. Here’s what the evidence says.
Women’s HRT patches control prostate cancer as well as standard hormone injections, but with fewer hot flushes and less bone loss, a major UK trial finds.
A study tracking women for more than two decades adds to growing evidence that when menopause hormone therapy is started may influence dementia risk later in life.
Two decades after the Women’s Health Initiative study, evolving research on menopause hormone therapy is shedding new light on women’s brain health.
Women are more likely to have a stroke – and more likely to be misdiagnosed. Hormones, pregnancy and medical bias are part of the reason.
Testosterone is widely promoted as an essential part of menopausal hormone therapy to treat low mood, brain fog and low energy. But new research challenges this.
How medical ignorance of menopause is putting women’s lives at risk.
These three examples of statistical mistakes have had major consequences for our health and shopping habits.
When patients can’t access their MHT patches, they may consider switching to different formulations, such as tablets or gels. Here’s how they differ.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s anti-trans policies are likely meant to satisfy her base, but her government will now have to go head-to-head with the evidence in future legal battles.
Drugs for menopause, ADHD and type 2 diabetes were all in short supply this year.
Critics of the latest menopause guidelines say they could scare women away from using HRT.
Many women choose alternative medicines over hormone therapy because they have a higher risk of breast cancer. Should they give black cohosh a try?
Tracking the many physical and emotional symptoms of menopause with a website, app or diary can help women better monitor their health.
Despite what some media outlets have reported, this latest study only shows a link between the two.
A sudden uptick in demand for HRT may be one reason behind the sudden shortages.
Science shows that many perimenopausal miseries — such as hot flashes, night sweats and trouble sleeping — are caused by excess or variable estrogen, not by “estrogen deficiency.”
Your GP will discuss the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy, taking into account a host of factors.
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