Many doctors agree with the Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to remove the black box warnings on at least some forms of hormone therapy used to treat the symptoms of menopause. But in ...

Currently, menopause symptoms are treated through lifestyle changes, alternative therapies, medications, and hormone replacement therapy (HRT). In January 2003, the U.S. The Food & Drug Administration ...

WASHINGTON -- Hormone-based drugs used to treat hot flashes and other menopause symptoms will no longer carry a bold warning label about stroke, heart attack, dementia and other serious risks, the ...

Impulsive, anxious, overheated, scatter-brained, depressed and in pain are just some of the terms that many women use to describe themselves when they reach perimenopause, or the years that ...

With the Food and Drug Administration now calling for removal of the boxed warnings, Bouwmeester said there's no better time for menopausal patients to talk with their providers about the best course ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not increase breast cancer risk in BRCA1/BRCA2 carriers, with estrogen-alone formulations showing a lower risk. The study used a matched-pair design to control ...