Browsing: Women’s Hormone Health

On Monday, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary announced that after 20 years, they were righting a medical wrong — what Makary has called “maybe one of the greatest screw-ups of modern medicine” — by pushing to remove the “black box”…

A woman’s estrogen levels are a delicate ever-changing balance. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a part of medicine that hasn’t received much attention until recently. So much is changing in terms of who should seek hormone replacement therapy and how much it can benefit women

For years, many women have learned to live with symptoms they assume are simply part of being female

For patients affected by the national estrogen patch shortage, Ivim now offers a HypoSpray estradiol formulation. All treatments, HypoSpray included, are guided by HormoneIQ™, which scores symptoms across six domains to individualize care

The Food and Drug Administration says it is removing the black box safety warnings from all hormone therapy creams, pills and other treatments prescribed to ease the symptoms of menopause and perimenopause

November 13, 2025 ByMaureen Salamon, Executive Editor, Harvard Women’s Health Watch

In a pivotal move, the US Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it is taking steps to remove the lengthy “black box” warning on many hormone treatments for women with menopause symptoms, a shift expected to give women more options for treatment and generate a flood of new prescriptions

Produced in the ovaries and adrenal glands, testosterone contributes to sexual motivation, arousal and a host of other bodily functions still under investigation

Hormones play a vital part in keeping our bodies working properly. But they can also have a powerful – and sometimes negative – effect on our mood and mental health

As publications as diverse as the New Yorker and Christianity Today discuss women’s health issues, Christian publishers are entering the conversation with books that put the holy in hormones and turn perimenopause into devotional fodder