The demand for medical patches that deliver steady doses of estrogen is soaring as women of a certain age seek relief from symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. Sales of estradiol patches have ...

Essential medication for the treatment of menopause symptoms is in short supply. Manufacturing issues, brand discontinuations and rising demand are all contributing to a shortage of estrogen patches, ...

When it comes to getting older, there are certain things we take steps to prevent and others that we accept as unavoidable. Changes in estrogen levels, especially for women in perimenopause and ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I'm a 70-year-old woman who has suffered with vaginal dryness ever since I went through menopause. My doctor has prescribed a hormone cream, estradiol 0.01%, to help with the symptoms.

The objective of this study was to evaluate follicular growth and ovulatory rates in mares treated with an intravaginal progesterone device (P4) during the 10-day period, associated with the use of ...

Women are dramatically more likely than men to suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a chronic condition causing abdominal pain, bloating, and digestive discomfort. Now, scientists at UC San ...

Sodium benzoate, a common food preservative, can form benzene, a carcinogen, when combined with vitamin C under heat and prolonged storage. This interaction poses a cumulative risk, particularly in ...

For decades, doctors have been puzzled by why women develop Alzheimer’s disease at nearly twice the rate of men. There are an estimated 7 million people in the U.S. living with Alzheimer’s, with that ...

About 100,000 of the estimated million people in the United States with multiple sclerosis (MS) have a progressive form of the disease, with symptoms that worsen continuously or after periods of ...