After adjusting for factors such as age, education, high blood pressure and diabetes, researchers linked the estrogen-progestin pill — known colloquially as the birth control pill — to twice the risk ...

I figured I’d skip it. For a long time it looked as though my plan would work: I was in the latter half of my fifties before ...

Estradiol cypionate 5mg/mL (contains chlorobutanol anhydrous 5.4mg in cottonseed oil 913mg); soln for IM inj. See full labeling. Nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, bloating, gallbladder disease ...

Medicare prescription drug plans, also called Medicare Part D, may cover estradiol and other prescription medications for hormone therapy. Estradiol is an estrogen medication to help treat ...

Certain hormonal contraceptives are associated with a higher stroke and heart attack risk, finds a large study from Denmark ...

Avrum Z. Bluming, MD, an expert on hormone replacement therapy, debunks the menopause misconceptions that keep women from ...

Estradiol 0.05mg/day, 0.1mg/day; ext-rel transdermal film. Initially one 0.05mg/day patch twice per week applied to trunk (avoid breasts, waistline). May be given continuously if patient does not ...

The most common formulation of birth control pills has been linked to a doubling of relative risk of heart attack and stroke, ...

Hormonal contraceptives like the vaginal ring, skin patch, and estrogen-progestin pills are more likely to increase the risk ...