Progesterone vs. estrogen Like progesterone, estrogen is a hormone that plays an important role in reproductive health. Estrogen is partly responsible for the development of secondary sex traits such as breasts and hips, menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause. Progesterone is available in many forms, ...
Combining all the monitored outcomes, women taking estrogen plus progestin might expect 19 more events per year per 10 000 women than women taking placebo. Over a longer period, more typical of the duration of treatment that would be needed to prevent chronic disease, the absolute numbers of ...
As life expectancy increased in the early twentieth century, more and more women began living past menopause and experiencing many of the symptoms that accompany the end of the reproductive years. Researchers soon recognized that many of these symptoms were caused by the reduction in estrogen levels...
Women spend about one third of their lifetime in the postmenopausal stage, defined as one year after the final menstruation, which occurs around age 51 among US women. In human females, the steep decline in estrogen levels after menopause can often lead to a host of health concerns, including...
Today's birth control pills contain lower doses of estrogen and progesterone than in the past. This has significantly lowered their medical risks. Still, women taking oral contraceptives do have a higher risk of side effects, includingheart attack,stroke, and dangerous bloodclots in the legsorlu...
Intravaginal estrogenmenopauseHORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPYVULVO-VAGINAL ATROPHYURINARY-TRACT-INFECTIONSSEXUAL DESIRE DISORDERBREAST-CANCERPOSTMENOPAUSAL WOMENTRANSDERMAL TESTOSTERONEAROMATASE INHIBITORSeveral formulations of intravaginal oestrogen are available for the treatment of genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM)....
One prevailing theory maintains that osteoporosis results from a loss of the female hormone estrogen, which affects the calcium content of the bones. Menopause (cessation of menstruation) may lead to osteoporosis because the body's production of estrogen is greatly reduced after that time. Almost on...
Menopause The North American Menopause Society position statement for nonhormonal management of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms (2015) states that data from limited, poor-quality studies are insufficient to support the use of maca for menopausal vasomotor symptoms (Level II).(50) The Society ...
At menopause, a woman's ovaries lose their reproductive function. Eggs are no longer released and the production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone falls. It's the lowered levels of estrogen after menopause that gives rise to troublesome postmenop
Drops in estrogen after menopause seem to gradually shrink the hippocampus and cause cognitive decline [43, 44]. The potential benefits of bacopa on menopausal women are insufficiently investigated. Further clinical research is needed to confirm these preliminary findings. In traditional medicine, ...