Experiencing multiple acute stresses at the same time, as in natural disasters or mass shootings, can leave lasting memory ...

Hormone therapy (HT) has proven effective for managing hot flashes and other common menopause symptoms, but questions remain ...

Hormonal imbalance in women can affect periods, weight, mood, skin, sleep and fertility. Doctors explain the key symptoms, ...

February is Heart Health Month, a time to raise awareness about heart disease and its causes, especially in women.

When the Food and Drug Administration announced that the agency would be removing the black-box warning from hormone ...

Editor’s note: The Focus on Research column highlights different research projects and topics being explored at Penn State. The following originally appeared on The Conversation. Menopause can have ...

For decades, doctors have been puzzled by why women develop Alzheimer’s disease at nearly twice the rate of men. There are an estimated 7 million people in the U.S. living with Alzheimer’s, with that ...

Scientists are digging into why heart disease risk in type 2 diabetes differs between men and women—and sex hormones may be ...

Menopause can usher in a host of disruptive symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and sleep problems. Hormone therapy promises relief. But many women wonder about taking it. That’s because the ...

A Johns Hopkins study finds that sex hormones may affect heart disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes differently for men and women. This could help doctors tailor prevention for men and women. H ...

There was a time, back in the ’90s, when doctors were handing out hormone therapy pills to midlife women as casually as candy. After all, the magic combo of estrogen and progestin seemed like a ...