The unique activity of estrogen hormones and their cell receptors in the female body may explain why women are more likely than men to develop autoimmune diseases. From the University of Turku, ...

Incorporating soy products, flax seeds, and sesame seeds into your diet can help boost estrogen levels due to their phytoestrogen content, which mimics estrogen in the body. Certain vitamins and ...

Estrogen therapy appears to increase the risk of blood clots in the veins of postmenopausal women who have had their uterus removed. These latest results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) were ...

An age-related increase in estrogen may be the culprit behind inguinal hernias, a condition common among elderly men that often requires corrective surgery, according to a Northwestern Medicine study ...

Researchers have discovered that estrogen receptors are present in medulloblastoma -- the most common type of pediatric brain tumor -- leading them to believe that anti-estrogen drug treatments may be ...

For all women, estrogen is essential for sustaining the hair growth phase and boosting hair density on the scalp. But owing in large part to genetics, the follicles of some women are particularly ...

Dr. Gerenger explained that estrogen is a crucial hormone for women, affecting various aspects of their health, from regulating the menstrual cycle to maintaining bone density and even influencing ...

This was a pooled analysis based on 10 case-control studies in which women over the age of 50 who had undergone a simple hysterectomy (ovaries retained) were considered. The cases (n = 906) included ...

An age-related increase in estrogen may be the culprit behind inguinal hernias, a condition common among elderly men that often requires corrective surgery. Men could be treated with hormone inhibitor ...

Credit: Getty Images. Researchers found modest decreases in the risk of breast cancer-specific death and all-cause death among patients who used vaginal estrogen therapy. Vaginal estrogen therapy does ...

Estrogen pills appear to slightly increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia in postmenopausal women, a study found, echoing recent findings involving estrogen-progestin ...