One of the most interesting research fields in women's health over the past 10 years includes our growing appreciation that estrogen plays relevant neurotrophic and neuroprotective roles during ...

Women are more likely than men to develop PTSD. Social factors and trauma type play important roles. But researchers have long wondered about the role of biology.

Estrogen is a hormone typically related to reproduction and sexual characteristics, but it also promotes vascular elasticity, encourages cholesterol balance, and has anti-inflammatory properties that ...

The sex hormone estrogen has a negative impact on heartbeat regulation, according to an experimental study from Linköping University, Sweden, published in Science Advances. Estrogen impact seems to ...

The endocrine system is the name for the glands that produce hormones in a person’s body. These glands include the thyroid gland, pituitary gland, and adrenal gland. The endocrine system produces ...

UNITED STATES - MAY 2: Halle Berry speaks during a news conference on bipartisan legislation to raise federal research on menopause and women's midlife health, outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, ...

For many women, the transition into menopause, often called the new springs is marked by more than just physical changes.

Until recently, most women who underwent adjuvant hormone therapy to reduce the chance of a breast cancer recurrence took tamoxifen every day for 5 years. However, with the advent of newer hormone ...

The term cognition indicates the totality of human information processing, including several functions, such as psychomotor skills, pattern recognition, attention, learning and memory, language, ...