Estrogen is a group of hormones that the ovaries and, to a lesser degree, the adrenal glands, fat tissues, and testes produce. Medical researchers consider it a sex hormone because the reproductive ...

Estrogens are naturally occurring steroidal hormones responsible for female reproductive system development and maintenance. They are of two basic characters chemically – steroidal and non-steroidal.

Did you know your body is full of chemical messengers that help regulate your various organs and body systems? There are at least 50 such chemicals, called hormones, in the human body. Their levels ...

Even after you've decided to take estrogen replacement therapy (ERT), the decision-making isn't over. There are many types of estrogen therapy in many different forms -- pills, patches, suppositories, ...

Estrogens have widespread biologic actions, and there are naturally occurring phytoestrogens that mimic some of the actions of endogenously produced estrogens. In this review, we will focus on new ...

Estrogen and testosterone are hormones that occur naturally in male and female bodies. Some research suggests that certain foods can influence the levels of these hormones. Hormones are the body’s ...

WASHINGTON -- While stressing the value of estrogen treatments for women, a government scientific advisory panel recommended yesterday that the chemical be added to the nation's list of cancer-causing ...

The federal government yesterday added steroidal estrogens used in oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapies to the list of "known human carcinogens," a move that "significantly upgrades" ...

In this article, we review recent findings related to estrogen exposure and the risk of breast cancer, the mechanisms that may be involved, and the clinical implications of these findings. The weight ...