This article was reviewed by Julia Switzer, MD, FACOG. If you’re entering perimenopause or menopause, you’ve probably heard ...

THERE are two hormones responsible for ensuring that a woman’s reproductive system does its job well. The first is estrogen, which regulates the menstrual cycle and prepares the uterus for pregnancy; ...

Though most women are never told about it, their breasts, brain chemistry and hormonal health are inextricably linked.

If estrogen becomes dominant, for whatever reason, progesterone levels will lower, which can lead to a range of undesirable ...

The addition of the hormone progesterone to gender-affirming hormone therapy leads to increased breast growth for transgender people following feminizing hormone therapy. This is demonstrated by an ...

When you start your period, you may have noticed that you tend to experience diarrhea — here's why that happens and how to ...

Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis (APD) is a rare, cyclical condition characterised by a hypersensitivity to endogenous progesterone. Typically emerging in women of reproductive age, APD manifests as ...