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 ...

Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy can be a sign of an impending miscarriage. Doctors sometimes prescribe progesterone, a hormone essential to a healthy pregnancy, to prevent miscarriage. New research ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among women with cystic fibrosis, potentially important hormone fluctuations were associated with changes in ...

Women are at greater risk for dementia than men, probably because of waning estrogen levels following menopause. Estrogen is a key female hormone linked to reproductive, sexual, and neurological ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Hormones can be tough to deal with. We know we need them for our bodies to operate; they work nonstop to control all aspects of our physical health, but these chemical messengers also shake up our ...

Based in Tampa, Florida, Virginia Pelley is a former women's magazine editor who has written health and fitness content for Men's Journal, Cosmopolitan magazine, the Chicago Tribune, ...

Many doctors are hesitant to prescribe hormone replacement therapy and many women are fearful about taking it. But why? (Pete Thompson/Gallery Stock) Menopause symptoms — and how severe they are — ...

Something puzzling happens when humans lactate. Milk production requires boatloads of calcium, which the body pulls from bones. Typically, this would cause significant bone loss. Yet, somehow, most ...