Plus, the potential health risks that come with it.

Years after warnings that estrogen therapy could lead to increased cancer risk, a new study has found that it in addition to alleviating hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, it carries little ...

A new analysis of the large-scale Women's Health Initiative Estrogen-Alone trial offers some reassurance to women who take estrogen following a hysterectomy. The study found that postmenopausal women ...

Estrogen and progesterone are complementary reproductive hormones. Estrogen shapes everything from puberty to menstrual cycles to bone health, and progesterone is key to the second half of the ...