The unique activity of estrogen hormones and their cell receptors in the female body may explain why women are more likely than men to develop autoimmune diseases. From the University of Turku, ...

Incorporating soy products, flax seeds, and sesame seeds into your diet can help boost estrogen levels due to their phytoestrogen content, which mimics estrogen in the body. Certain vitamins and ...

"Instead of just saying young women suffer from IBS, we wanted rigorous science explaining why," said co-senior author Holly Ingraham, PhD.

An age-related increase in estrogen may be the culprit behind inguinal hernias, a condition common among elderly men that often requires corrective surgery, according to a Northwestern Medicine study ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic condition that causes gut pain and bloating, and women are far more likely to ...

An age-related increase in estrogen may be the culprit behind inguinal hernias, a condition common among elderly men that often requires corrective surgery. Men could be treated with hormone inhibitor ...

Estrogen pills appear to slightly increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia in postmenopausal women, a study found, echoing recent findings involving estrogen-progestin ...

Researchers have discovered that estrogen receptors are present in medulloblastoma -- the most common type of pediatric brain tumor -- leading them to believe that anti-estrogen drug treatments may be ...

This was a pooled analysis based on 10 case-control studies in which women over the age of 50 who had undergone a simple hysterectomy (ovaries retained) were considered. The cases (n = 906) included ...

For all women, estrogen is essential for sustaining the hair growth phase and boosting hair density on the scalp. But owing in large part to genetics, the follicles of some women are particularly ...

Credit: Getty Images. Researchers found modest decreases in the risk of breast cancer-specific death and all-cause death among patients who used vaginal estrogen therapy. Vaginal estrogen therapy does ...

Increased estrogen level in mice weakens abdominal wall to cause hernia Inguinal hernia repair is most common surgery in men As men age, larger amount of testosterone is converted to estrogen. CHICAGO ...