In prostate cancer, hormone therapy is treatment to keep the cancer cells from getting testosterone, the main male hormone (androgen). Hormone therapy for prostate cancer is also called ...

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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) alters hormone levels, which can manage menopause symptoms. Doctors also use it to manage hormone imbalances and as part of gender affirming care. Hormone therapy has ...

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 ...

For millions of American women, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has provided relief from side effects of menopause. As the ovaries stop releasing eggs, a woman’s body also stops producing the ...

This article was reviewed by Julia Switzer, MD, FACOG. Estrogen gel vs. patch — which is the better HRT option for you? If menopause symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, and mood swings are ...

There is little evidence that HRT causes people to gain weight. Weight gain during menopause has more to do with the changes in metabolism than whether a person takes HRT. Hormone replacement therapy ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a medical treatment that aims to alleviate the symptoms of menopause by replenishing hormones like estrogen and progesterone, which naturally decrease as women age ...

On Monday, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary announced that after 20 years, they were righting a medical ...

Women are at much greater risk of dementia than men—as many as two thirds of people in the US with Alzheimer’s disease are women—and likely for a mix of reasons that experts are still parsing out. One ...