Although the study found greater risk of blood clots for obese women taking the pill, the risk of developing one was still very low.
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Period delay tablets may help you take control of your menstrual cycle – but only if used properly.
The hormones in the pill can cause or exacerbate depression, and the type you use is an important factor.
Cow’s milk naturally raises levels of a growth factor strongly implicated in breast cancer risk.
Science shows that many perimenopausal miseries — such as hot flashes, night sweats and trouble sleeping — are caused by excess or variable estrogen, not by “estrogen deficiency.”
While evidence has indicated women who take menopausal hormone therapy have a marginally increased risk of breast cancer, it’s equally important we talk about the benefits of the treatment.
Gender differences in jobs and attitudes are wider in countries with more equality, but that’s not the end of the story.
We usually focus on the physical health effects of the pill, yet the most common reason women stop or change the pill is mental health side effects.
Until now, Australia was the only country that required youth with gender dysphoria to seek approval from the Family Court for the second stage of hormone treatments.
Breast cancer rates in China are rising, and are expected to continue rising for the next three decades.
Obesity is linked with a host of health outcomes. Both a disease itself and a risk factor linked to many others, we explore the linkages between obesity and cancer.
Estrogens also have many positive effects on mental health, cognitive function, libido and protection of the brain, possibly even slowing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
Personalised medicine is based on the idea that by understanding the specific molecular code of a person’s disease, and particularly its genetic makeup, we can more accurately tailor treatment.
In recent times, we have learnt more about the connections between the “reproductive” or gonadal hormones and the brain, and how they affect not only women but men as well.
Angelina Jolie made the decision to have a double mastectomy after discovering she carried a faulty copy of the hereditary gene BRCA1 and was told she had an 87% chance of developing breast cancer. Jolie…
The female sex hormone oestrogen can be produced and released from the brain as well as the ovaries, according to a study. The research, recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience, shows that the…
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Reader in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Chair of Women's Health, Monash University
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Professor of Paediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Reproductive Health, The University of Edinburgh
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Research Fellow in Cancer Biology, Queen's University Belfast
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Research Fellow in Youth Suicide Prevention, Telethon Kids Institute
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Dean and Professor, Law School, La Trobe University
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Professor of Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences,, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate lecturer, Nutritional Biochemistry, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Medical doctor, PhD candidate in cardiology, Monash University
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Senior Bioinformatician, University of Leicester
