In the future, new gels delivering small amounts of other hormones for menopause may reduce the need for compounded hormones for menopause symptoms without inducing endometrial hyperplasia.

There are already more than hundreds of hormones known to exist in the human body. By sending information to your organs, skin, muscles and other tissues via your blood, hormones help your body ...

But if you still have a uterus and your doctor wants you to try HRT, you will need combination HRT, which includes estrogen and another hormone, progesterone (also called progestin). Taking ...

Hyposecretion, or low levels of adrenal hormones, may lead to Addison’s disease and mineralocorticoid deficiency. The ovaries are located on either side of the uterus in females. They are the ...

A study she published last year found that IUDs with bigger doses of hormones had a bigger risk of depression. She said some women and doctors believe that hormonal IUDs only act locally, affecting ...

Women trying to conceive who have PCOD can seek consultation with a fertility specialist and then receive proper treatment.

Growing up with an OB-GYN father, Rachel Blank assumed that most women received excellent gynecological care. She regularly ...

Ovarian hormones like progesterone and oestrogen can raise the risk of ovarian, endometrial and breast cancers, among other reproductive cancers. Cell division is influenced by hormones ...