Listening to a blue whale population in Aotearoa New Zealand revealed how their songs change frequency over time.

Among its many functions, estrogen helps control a woman’s menstrual cycle, keeps bones strong, and affects energy and mood. When estrogen levels drop, often during perimenopause and menopause, you ...

For decades, doctors have been puzzled by why women develop Alzheimer’s disease at nearly twice the rate of men. There are an estimated 7 million people in the U.S. living with Alzheimer’s, with that ...

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Here's how the therapy containing estrogen and progesterone initially got a bad rap—and what the research says about its potential benefits. Though a 2002 study led many to believe that hormone ...

Researchers uncovered how estrogen subtly reshapes learning by strengthening dopamine reward signals in the brain. Rats learned faster when estrogen levels were high and struggled when the hormone’s ...

This project made me feel a kind of kinship with Diogenes, although I was searching for the item described in the title rather than for an honest man. Figure 1 “Diogenes Looking for an Honest Man,” a ...

For women weighing whether to use estrogen to manage hot flashes, sleep issues and other bothersome symptoms as menopause approaches, it may make sense not to wait. New research shows that ...

Merve Ceylan is a dietitian and health writer with four years of experience writing for companies in the nutrition and health industry. Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD, is an endocrinologist at the ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a complete hysterectomy in my late 40s due to endometriosis. I am now 68 and have been on 0.1-mg patches of estradiol since. Should I ask my gynecologist to do a hormone study, ...

If a panel convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has its way, a health risk warning included in hormone treatments for symptoms of menopause may soon be removed. On July 17, FDA ...

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