When a woman stops making estrogen, her body notices. Hot flashes, night sweats, moodiness, foggy thinking — all can be part of the menopausal package. At first blush, the solution seems obvious: Take ...

Hot flashes, insomnia and irritability are some of the most common menopausal symptoms. Traditionally, these and other side effects were managed with hormone replacement therapy (HRT). But over the ...

Some postmenopausal women may seek out bioidentical hormones, otherwise known as natural hormone therapy, to ease symptoms of menopause or simply help them feel more youthful. Bioidenticals have been ...

Compounding is defined as the mixing of a drug or device consistent with a licensed practitioner"s prescription; it is distinguished from manufacturing because it is a compound made for one individual ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — An investigational combination of 17beta-estradiol and progesterone appears to be safe and effective for reducing hot flash frequency and severity in menopausal women, according to ...

For more than 20 years, women entering menopause were told to be afraid of hormone replacement therapy. Headlines warned of ...

Editor’s note: This is the last in a three-part series on menopausal hormones. Put simply, bioidentical is a marketing term, first introduced into contemporary parlance by celebrities endorsing ...

Q: I’m starting menopause. Are bioidentical hormones better or safer than commercial products? A: The term “bioidentical” is almost as ingenious as the term “natural” when it comes to marketing a ...

Most patients I treat for hormone replacement therapy originally seek me out because they are experiencing symptoms such as a lack of energy, decreasing sex drive and a general decline in their sense ...

You can get breast cancer from anything. I mean nobody knows what causes breast cancer, but bioidentical hormones are still hormones. They are still estrogen. And women think they are not going to get ...

"Bioidentical hormones" is a term created by the lay media to refer to chemicals derived from plants that are modified to be structurally identical to endogenous human hormones. These compounds ...