An increasing number of women who use estrogen patches to help deal with perimenopause and menopause symptoms have been scrambling to access their transdermal drug amid a nationwide shortage of the ...

As more women seek hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, the shortage of estrogen patches increases, forcing them to look for ...

Estrogen patches, one of the most common forms of hormone therapy for women, are becoming harder to find, and some ...

For many women in the United States who encounter drenching night sweats, sudden hot flashes, debilitating exhaustion and other menopausal symptoms, small estradiol patches worn on the skin have ...

It’s a sign of just how much attitudes about the patches, and about menopause, have changed. After a report in 2002 suggested that hormone therapy increased the risks of breast cancer and ...

When it comes to heart health, hormones play a significant role, especially for women. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death for women, yet the impact of perimenopause and ...

With the removal of FDA warning labels, hormone therapy to treat symptoms of menopause has grown in popularity. Now some patients are reporting delays in filling prescriptions for estrogen patches.

Estrogen may help protect against hypertension in premenopause, a new study suggests, raising further questions about the role that hormone therapy may play in cardiovascular health later in life.

After 23 years, the FDA removed a major warning on estrogen therapy. Estrogen therapy carried a “black box” warning about breast cancer and heart risk, but as of February 12, the FDA removed the broad ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than one billion people worldwide and is a leading cause of heart disease ...

Women who previously had endometrial cancer and used vaginal estrogen therapy did not have higher risk for cancer recurrence than those who did not use vaginal hormone therapy, according to findings ...