Dr. Jordan answers the question: 'How can I be estrogen receptor-positive?' — -- Question: How can my breast cancer be estrogen receptor-positive when I am postmenopausal and my body is losing ...

Estrogen has a host of important health benefits. The sex hormone plays a critical role in reproductive health, sexual development, muscle development, and bone strength. In women, it also helps with ...

Menopause brings with it a number of major changes for women, including changes to skin health and appearance. As estrogen levels decline during menopause, many women notice increased wrinkles or ...

Millions of us have been watching TikTok videos that claim to show what "estrogen face" looks like. Is it even a real thing? "When I first heard the term, I was curious," says Emmy-winning journalist ...

Down the line, this research could help unravel sex differences in human pain perception, as well as how pain perception shifts during pregnancy and menopause, when the body's levels of estrogen and ...

Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found. This stops pain signals before they get to ...

When we are out of sync with it, our bodies respond — sometimes with premature aging, autoimmune conditions or hormonal imbalances. Around age 50, many women begin to seriously reflect on aging. They ...

After reading about breast cancer and aromatase inhibitors, a light went on for me about my leiomyosarcoma diagnosis. Rare cancers call for patients and doctors to think outside the box. When I was ...

Menopause brings with it a number of major changes for women, including changes to skin health and appearance. As estrogen levels decline during menopause, many women notice increased wrinkles or ...