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If you’re in your 40s or 50s, you may notice intimacy with your partner has become uncomfortable or even painful. You might ...

Estrogen is an important hormone for women that affects many systems in the body, and fluctuations in estrogen levels can ...

Estrogen is the main female hormone that is produced from birth through menopause. But what does it do? Made up of estrone, estradiol, and estriol, estrogen fluctuates throughout a woman’s life, ...

A common osteoporosis drug can reduce breast cancer in postmenopausal women with high estrogen levels, but produces no reduction in risk for women whose estrogen levels are very low, according to a ...

Since 2020, Australia has had an ongoing shortage of estrogen patches, which are usually prescribed to help ease menopause ...

Experiencing multiple acute stresses at the same time, as in natural disasters or mass shootings, can leave lasting memory scars. New research from the University of California, Irvine suggests that ...

While it is known that heightened estrogen levels are linked to an increased prevalence of migraine in women, new research suggests that the hormone plays an equally important role in causing migraine ...

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The reward center of the brain is much more attuned to the pleasurable effects of alcohol when estrogen levels are elevated, an effect that may underlie the development of addiction in women, ...

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