This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Most women grow up hearing about estrogen and progesterone like they’re the only two hormones steering the ship.

Hormone therapy for menopause was all the rage around the turn of the 21st century, until a single major study appeared to blow up what everyone thought they knew about the treatment and who might ...

In 1977, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imposed a ban on women of childbearing age being included in early drug trials – even if they used contraception or had vasectomised partners. This ...

Your medicine cabinet is probably filled with supplements promising to fix everything from mood swings to irregular periods, but the answer to your hormonal struggles might be sitting in your pantry ...

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 ...

Previous research has shown that many more women than men have the chronic condition, known as IBS, that causes abdominal ...

Many doctors agree with the Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to remove the black box warnings on at least some ...

Disruptions to our circadian clocks—the internal molecular timekeepers "ticking" in nearly every cell of our body throughout ...

Scientists have discovered that oestrogen activates pathways in the colon that trigger pain and make the female gut more sensitive to certain foods ...

Female sex hormones can significantly enhance the progression of the rare neurodegenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP), according to a preclinical study by researchers at UT Southwestern ...