Prescriptions for hormone therapy dropped after a study suggested it could increase health risks like cancer. But experts say ...

The short answer is yes, particularly during menopause. In fact, we can blame a lot on hormonal changes, from unexpected ...

Most birth control pills today are considered low dose. This includes both combination pills (estrogen and progestin) and the minipill (progestin only). This artificial version of progesterone is ...

These pills work by inhibiting ovulation and regulating the menstrual cycle in women. They typically contain synthetic hormones, such as progestin and estrogen. It weakens the lining of the uterus and ...

Hormone therapy using estrogen pills, patches, creams, or gels is known to be effective at raising estrogen levels and reducing symptoms of low estrogen levels.

Because the hormone goes directly into the vagina, it avoids some of the body-wide side effects of estrogen pills. Estrogen comes in a cream, tablet, flexible ring, or insert. Vaginal estrogen ...

The Estrogen Alternative. "Even so, some of the studies showing benefits from soy in reducing hot flashes were conducted with pills containing isoflavones." Messina agrees, noting that as a ...

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Since Carl Djerassi and Gregory Pincus brought the proof of concept of OCs in the early 1960s, with a pill containing norethidronel as a progestin and mestranol as an estrogen, many different ...

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Canada has passed the Pharmacare Act, and provinces and territories need to act quick to secure free contraceptives and ...

Therapy can take the form of an estrogen pill, skin patch, ring, gel, cream, or spray, and it usually includes a second hormone, progestogen, which can be either progesterone or a synthetic progestin.