Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hot flashes, insomnia and irritability are some of the most common menopausal symptoms. Traditionally, these and other side ...

Many patients ask me to prescribe compounded hormones, which they believe are safer. Some bring in saliva test results, and complicated charts and graphs with a suggested prescription attached. How ...

The absorption and bioavailability of bioidentical compounded hormones are unknown. Clinical pharmacokinetic research is not required prior to marketing of bioidentical compounded hormones. In the ...

Some postmenopausal women may seek out bioidentical hormones, otherwise known as natural hormone therapy, to ease symptoms of menopause or simply help them feel more youthful. Bioidenticals have been ...

Menopausal women, scared off traditional hormone therapy by studies showing the pills cause breast cancer and heart disease, are seizing on another approach: “bioidentical” hormones. But at what risk?

The benefits of hormone therapy for the treatment of menopause symptoms outweigh the risks. That's the conclusion of a new study published in the medical journal JAMA. "Among women below the age of 60 ...

New studies show that the use of hormone replacement therapy for symptoms of menopause may not be as dangerous as once thought. Five years ago this week, women's faith in HRT for symptoms of menopause ...

When a woman stops making estrogen, her body notices. Hot flashes, night sweats, moodiness, foggy thinking — all can be part of the menopausal package. At first blush, the solution seems obvious: Take ...

Hot flashes and moods cause enough menopause misery. But in recent years, aggressive marketers have promoted so-called "natural" hormone products that claim to cure not only these symptoms but also ...

I recently spoke with actress Suzanne Somers about her enthusiastic use of “bioidentical” hormones to combat menopausal hot flashes and the ravages of aging. Bioidentical hormones are products that ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all ...