Women diagnosed with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) are at risk for more health problems than women who enter ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among women with cystic fibrosis, potentially important hormone fluctuations were associated with changes in ...

When the Food and Drug Administration announced that the agency would be removing the black-box warning from hormone ...

A Monash University study into the causes of sexual dysfunction in young women has found social factors play just as important a role as hormone levels, and hormone therapy should not be prescribed as ...

Fluctuations in female sex hormones could play a role in the development of allergies and asthma, a major review of evidence suggests. Fluctuations in female sex hormones could play a role in the ...

In a breakthrough finding, researchers have discovered that immune cells near the spinal cord are triggered by estrogen and progesterone to produce a natural painkiller called enkephalin. The finding ...

Alzheimer's disease disproportionately affects women, who represent about two-thirds of those diagnosed with the late-onset type of the disease. Previous research has shown Alzheimer's is also more ...

According to recent reports, the number of individuals aged 65 years and older throughout the world is increasing at an exceptional rate. In 2008, about 506 million belonged to this age group; however ...