It is already known that taking pills that combine estrogen and progestin — the most common type of hormone therapy — can increase breast cancer risk. But women who no longer have a uterus can take estrogen alone, which was thought to be safe and possibly even slightly beneficial in terms of cancer risk.
Tag: menopause
Memory Slips May Be Due to Menopause
A study published Wednesday in the North American Menopause Society’s journal Menopause analyzed the memory performance of 75 middle-aged women who were transitioning into menopause.
Genetic Markers May Help Predict Fertility Decline in Women
Researchers at the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine have discovered genetic markers that may ultimately allow women to track and predict declining fertility.
The Male Biological Clock
by Harry Fisch, M.D.
Say “biological clock” and most people think of women. Most people know that a woman’s ovaries stop producing eggs at some point and that natural fertility ends with menopause. But most people …