Hormone Therapy

PFS003 Hormone Therapy The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Women’s Health Care Physicians patient education Fact Sheet PFS003: Hormone Therapy APRIL 2013 The average age wh...

Postmenopausal Estrogen Therapy: Route of Administration and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism

Number 556

ABSTRACT: The development of menopausal symptoms and related disorders, which lead women to seek prescriptions for postmenopausal estrogen therapy and hormone therapy, is a common reason for a patien...

Osteoporosis Guidelines Issued

Washington, DC – An estimated $17 billion is spent each year to treat the roughly 2 million osteoporosis-related bone fractures that occur in the US annually, according to practice guidelines i...

Compounded Bioidentical Menopausal Hormone Therapy

Number 532

(Replaces No. 387, November 2007 and No. 322, November 2005)

ABSTRACT: Although improvement in long-term health is no longer an indication for menopausal hormone therapy, evidence supporting fewer adverse events in younger women, combined with its high overall...

Ob-Gyns Address Impact of Breast Cancer Treatments

Washington, DC -- As many women treated for breast cancer can attest, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy treatments often affect other facets of their health. To address these problems, The America...

Hormone Therapy

FAQ066

What is hormone therapy? Hormone therapy involves taking certain hormones to help relieve some of the symptoms of menopause.

ACOG Launches New Menopause Website

Washington, DC -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has launched a new website devoted to women who are approaching or going through menopause to provide them with the ne...

ACOG Reiterates Stance on So-Called "Bioidentical" Hormones

Washington, DC -- In response to recent media attention being given to so-called bioidentical hormones, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) reiterates its position that the...

Aromatase Inhibitors in Gynecologic Practice

Number 412

(Reaffirmed 2012)

ABSTRACT: Aromatase inhibitors appear to be effective as an adjuvant treatment for early-stage and late-stage breast cancer. Their role in chemoprevention of breast cancer in high-risk patients remai...

Terapia hormonal

SP066

Durante la menopausia, el cuerpo de la mujer produce menos estrogeno y esta deja de tener la menstruacion. La menopausia es una etapa natural en la vida de una mujer. La falta de estrogeno puede indu...