Perhaps one of the most misunderstood elements of gender-affirming care is hormone therapy. (Getty Images; Illustration by Victoria Ellis for Yahoo) Of course, Tyson is far from the only person to use ...

Menopause affects many aspects of wellness, but the narrative around previous research scared a lot of women away from an effective therapy that relieves symptoms. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness ...

Struggling with distressing menopause symptoms? So many of us are. In a 2023 survey, 81 percent of menopausal and ...

This article was reviewed by Julia Switzer, MD, FACOG. If you’re entering perimenopause or menopause, you’ve probably heard about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) — and you might be wondering about ...

For women, during training, there are some days when everything goes smoothly and on point, but others when it goes off track ...

Estrogen and progesterone are complementary reproductive hormones. Estrogen shapes everything from puberty to menstrual cycles to bone health, and progesterone is key to the second half of the ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) balances a woman’s hormones as she nears or enters menopause. During menopause, the hormones estrogen and progesterone, which regulate the female reproductive system, ...

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A drug mimicking the hormone progesterone has anti-cancer activity when used together with conventional anti-estrogen ...

Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) is a protein in your blood that binds certain hormones. It’s produced in the liver and—in smaller amounts—in the testes. It’s an ancient protein that’s found in all ...

Your doctor may prescribe hormone therapy if you have late-stage cancer and sometimes if you have working ovaries and want to get pregnant. Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images Hormone therapy for ...