Estrogen-progestin pills double postmenopausal women’s chances of developing dangerous blood clots, and the risk is even higher for overweight patients and those over 60, researchers say. The findings ...
Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, can be given as estrogen only, progesterone only or estrogen plus progesterone to combat symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes, chills, night sweats, sleep ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Perrigo launch of their FDA approved OTC Opill is great news for women in the U.S. who rely on progesterone-only birth control pills for their contraception.
Although American scientists had been busy studying hormones in the 1930s and 1940s, Margaret sanger's dream of a pill for birth control improbably came to fruition because of the discovery of a wild ...
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 ...
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A major study of around 260,000 women shows that taking the progesterone-only contraceptive pill can increase asthma attacks in some women. The research, published in ERJ Open Research, shows an ...
A new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology suggests that the use of oral contraceptives may influence how the brain ...
A new study shows the dosage of hormones in birth control pills can be reduced by as much as 92% and still prevent ovulation. As low as 10% of the total exogenous estrogen dose in constant ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Estrogen-progestin pills double postmenopausal women's chances of developing dangerous blood clots, and the risk is even higher for overweight patients and those over 60, researchers ...