An Overabundance of Hormones
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Chico Teixeiraâs languid, libidinous âAliceâs Houseâ is the best argument against marriage and motherhood to appear in many a year.
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Older women who take hormone pills that combine estrogen and testosterone more than double their risk of breast cancer, according to a study of more than 70,000 nurses.
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The discovery of intersex fish -- males with some female characteristics, including some carrying eggs -- in Washington's Potomac River is raising concerns about pollution from chemicals that can affect hormones.
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Researchers have identified a protein which, when present in large amounts, might indicate that a cancer is particularly aggressive.
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An unsurprising response from the FDA.
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Women with facial hair, unexplained weight gain and irregular periods may have more than cosmetic or fertility problems but a serious disorder that can eventually lead to diabetes and even heart attacks.
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A trendy hair-care line linked with the high-testosterone sport
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Compared with women who were of normal weight and taking a placebo, overweight women taking estrogen plus progestin raised their risk of venous thrombosis 3.8 times, while obese women experienced 5.6 times the risk.
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Research from Australia in this weekâs issue of THE LANCET suggests that tall girls given oestrogen therapy in adolescence to reduce adult height are more likely to experience later fertility problems than the general population.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 1, 2004 - Despite its clear risks and bad press, hormone therapy remains the best treatment for some women suffering miserable menopause symptoms and it is inappropriate for doctors to withhold
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A new body is set to regulate a range of complementary therapies such as homeopathy and aromatherapy.
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SAN ANTONIO -- This week's news that a big drop in cases of breast cancer could be due to millions of women going off menopause hormones may lead even more of them to abandon the pills.
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You may have thought you&#39;d already heard everything bad about hormone replacement therapy, but now comes something new. In this case, the danger is to the millions of women who stopped taking the drugs after
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A new study has found that leptin plays a critical role in womenâs reproductive and neuroendocrine health and suggests a future for the hormone in treating a number of conditions including exercise-induced bone loss, eating disorders and some cases of
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Margo Hofeldt was one of millions of women who stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after a major study found the hormones increased the risk for breast cancer, heart disease and other conditions.
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Scientists believe that some cases of infertility might be treated by injections of a hormone.
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Estrogen-progestin pills double postmenopausal women&#39;s chances of developing dangerous blood clots, and the risk is even higher for overweight patients and those over 60, researchers say.