CHICAGO (Reuters) - The latest data from a long-running study of hormone therapy suggests women who started taking hormone replacements within five years of menopause were 30 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than women who started years later. Full story
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The risks of taking hormone therapy to prevent heart disease and osteoporosis in post menopausal women far outweigh the benefits and such treatment is not recommended, according to new guidelines from an influential panel of U.S. health advisers. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Years after a large study on hormone replacement therapy revealed health risks among older women using it to prevent chronic disease, the number of women who take hormones continues to decline, according to a new study. Full story
Fearing that Josie was becoming emotionally unstable because of her growing boy body, her mother Venessia decides that controversial hormone therapy could help her child.
Women undergoing hormone therapy for the symptoms of menopause face an increased risk of developing invasive breast cancer or dying of the disease, according to the results of an 11-year study. Full story
Gynecologist Lauren Streicher separates fact from fiction on the hot flashes and mood swings often associated with menopause.
