There might not be much you can do, other than ride it out. Like so many other symptoms of menopause,…
You say you’re in menopause and have been taking bioidentical hormones (including testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen) for a while. Your…
There is no conclusive evidence that HRT significantly increases the risk of breast cancer. There just isn’t! But there’s the…
Mood disruptions are a known symptom of perimenopause, and my experience is that anxiety is at the top of that…
The relative safety of oral versus transdermal hormone therapy is something we didn’t discuss, and the authors’ book, Estrogen Matters,…
In the last 25 years, I’ve had many conversations with my patients about hormone replacement therapy (HRT). They’ve heard that…
You describe the top symptoms of menopause: interrupted sleep, heart palpitations, hot flashes, night sweats, memory loss, vaginal dryness, painful…
You ask whether estrogen that is “sent through your body” (systemic) causes increased risk of cancer and heart disease, and…
Because there haven’t been any clinical trials with Intrarosa in breast cancer patients, doctors don’t know for certain if it’s completely safe…
Once again the yin/yang of hormone therapy (HT) is in the crosshairs. On the one hand, estrogen is the only truly effective…