The latest wave of an ongoing shortage of estrogen patches has some Alberta women scrambling to find new menopause treatments.

Unlike alendronate and similar drugs, Prolia stops working as soon as you stop taking it, so people who are on it need to ...

Estrogen patches, one of the most common forms of hormone therapy for women, are becoming harder to find, and some ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than one billion people worldwide and is a leading cause of heart disease ...

There are other options for hormone therapy.

Why do premenopausal women face lower hypertension risk? Estrogen may protect blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels and ...

This article was reviewed by Julia Switzer, MD, FACOG. Key Takeaways: Painful intercourse, or dyspareunia, is common during ...

Increased demand for estrogen patches, particularly twice weekly doses, are in short supply nationally, causing delays for patients in Greater Boston.

It’s a sign of just how much attitudes about the patches, and about menopause, have changed. After a report in 2002 suggested that hormone therapy increased the risks of breast cancer and ...

Whether you can’t recall names as quickly as you once did or are experiencing a more generalized sense of fuzziness, brain fog is common, especially for women in their 50s and beyond. Here, a leading ...

Despite the increased incidence of endometrial cancer in younger women, there is limited research regarding the safety of local, low-dose vaginal estrogen therapy (ET) for survivors. A new study ...

Elevated fasting insulin in midlife predicts earlier, longer hot flashes and night sweats, suggesting simple metabolic tests could help personalize and prevent menopause symptom burden.