HRT can be used as part of gender affirming care and to relieve menopause symptoms. Starting HRT begins with speaking with a healthcare professional. HRT treatments are generally safe and effective.

Controversy and confusion have shrouded hormone replacement therapy (HRT)—which involves using estrogen to help alleviate menopause symptoms—since a flawed 2002 study suggested it could up your risk ...

The FDA no longer requires a safety warning on hormone-replacement therapies, at a time when more attention is being paid to ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) balances a woman’s hormones as she nears or enters menopause. During menopause, the hormones estrogen and progesterone, which regulate the female reproductive system, ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a prescription medication to help relieve symptoms of menopause. HRT contains artificial estrogen and progesterone to replace the hormones the ovaries are no ...

The FDA said it will remove most "black box" safety warnings from hormone drugs used to treat menopause symptoms. Newer research shows these medications are safer than previously believed, especially ...

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Menopause occurs when people assigned female at birth stop having menstrual periods and can no longer get pregnant. During the years leading up to menopause, known as perimenopause, the ovaries start ...

Menopause has long been a hush-hush topic, something on the periphery of our minds that no one really wants to talk about. (Except maybe in hushed whispers with your best friend while fanning yourself ...

After the FDA confirmed hormone replacement therapy's safety as a menopause treatment, organizations should rethink how they ...