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 ...

Estrogen may help protect against hypertension in premenopause, a new study suggests, raising further questions about the role that hormone therapy may play in cardiovascular health later in life.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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. Cognitive shifts, such as brain fog and Alzheimer, can be deeply unsettling.

Estrogen is often regarded as the “master regulator” of the human body. It is involved in regulating various critical functions, such as reproductive health, bone density, and cardiovascular function.

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