Articles on hormones and menopause: the symptoms, what hormone tests can and cannot tell you, the treatment options and practical ways to cope. Treatment choices depend on your own history and are made with a doctor.
Estrogen cream is a low-dose form of vaginal estrogen applied locally to treat the genitourinary symptoms of menopause: vaginal dryness, burning, pain with sex…
Perimenopause most often begins in a woman's mid-40s, and the average age of the final period in the United States is about 51. It…
Menopause itself is a single moment: the point twelve months after a final menstrual period. The symptomatic transition around it usually lasts years. Perimenopause…
Menopause face is an informal term for the visible facial changes that follow falling estrogen: thinner, drier skin with less collagen, shrinking fat pads…
Current evidence shows that systemic combined HRT (estrogen plus a progestogen) is linked to a small increase in breast cancer diagnoses that grows with…
Menopause joint pain is common: aching, stiff joints, often worst in the morning, that begin or worsen as estrogen declines in perimenopause and menopause.…
Testosterone pellets, gels and injections deliver the same hormone but produce different blood-level patterns. Pellets implanted under the skin release testosterone steadily for months…
The most common TRT side effects are a raised red blood cell count, acne, breast tenderness, fluid retention, worsened sleep apnea and suppressed sperm…
HRT patches and gels deliver estradiol through the skin, bypassing the liver, while tablets pass through the gut and liver first. Large observational studies…
Testosterone for women is prescribed almost exclusively for one reason: low sexual desire that causes personal distress after menopause, once other causes have been…
A DHEA supplement contains a hormone the adrenal glands make naturally, which tissues convert into small amounts of testosterone and estrogen. Randomized trials in…
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