Estrogen acts as a regulator of muscle energy metabolism and muscle cell viability, research shows. Menopause leads to the cessation of ovarian estrogen production concurrent to the deterioration of ...

In ovulating women with obesity, estrogen priming appears to yield improvements in hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis function and proinflammatory profiles, according to recent findings. Alex J.

Winston-Salem, NC - New data from the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) show that estrogen-only hormone therapy is associated with a greater decline in cognitive function and a trend ...

The hormone estrogen helps protect memory and promote a healthy brain, but this effect wanes as women age, and even estrogen replacement therapy stops working in humans after age 65. Now researchers ...

Transdermal estrogen therapy delivered through the skin modestly improved sexual function in early postmenopausal women, according to an article. Transdermal estrogen therapy delivered through the ...

Estradiol delivered via patch is effective at alleviating vaginal dryness and pain with intercourse in women within 3 years of beginning menopause, according to a report published online August 28 in ...

Transdermal menopausal hormonal therapy has primarily been designed to deliver exogenous estrogens directly to the systemic circulation. An article published by JAMA Internal Medicine claims that the ...

The onset of menopause seems to diminish the protection afforded by female sex against progressive loss of kidney function. Ahmed et al. have conducted a large observational study examining the ...

Fluctuations in estrogen can trigger atypical functioning in a key brain memory circuit in women with a common version of a gene, NIMH scientists have discovered. Brain scans revealed altered circuit ...

Recent misclassification (false negative) incidents have raised awareness concerning limitations of immunohistochemistry (IHC) in assessment of estrogen receptor (ER) in breast cancer. Here we define ...

Transdermal estrogen therapy delivered through the skin modestly improved sexual function in early postmenopausal women, according to an article published by JAMA Internal Medicine. Declining estrogen ...