Women who have used hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms may be more likely to develop gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, a new analysis suggests. The study, published online June 27, 2023, by the journal Menopause, analyzed…
When your breasts hurt and your scans and blood tests are “normal”, it’s easy to blame hormones or HRT alone – but an iodine deficit may be what’s turning the volume up.
Pain under your right ribs that creeps round to your back or shoulder is one of those symptoms women often dismiss as “just indigestion” or “I must have eaten too fast.” In my clinic, it’s…
It was once thought that hearing loss in older women might be linked to loss of estrogen and progesterone following menopause and that hormone therapy might reduce that risk. Recent results from the Nurses’ Health…
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