Menopause can be a difficult time for some women. During this time, there will be constant hormone fluctuations that can be manifested in a variety of ways, including hot flushes, night sweats, exhaustion and fretfulness. A lot of women can actually go through these changes with no problem at all, but for a few individuals, [...]
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Hormone Replacement Therapy — Everything Women Need to Know
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Benefits
Hormone replacement therapy or HRT is often discussed by doctors with their female patients who may be going through natural menopause or foreced menopause (as a result of a hysterectomy). HRT is used to fight the undesirable effects of menopause through the injection of synthetic hormones to the body. Usually, estrogen and progesterone are the [...]
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Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy
Menopause can be a tough time for most women not only physically but emotionally and psychologically as well. They will be undergoing several changes during this period, and some of these changes are not that pleasant. There are many medications that can help a woman go through these changes, but with the wide array of [...]
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The ovaries produce two hormones, oestrogen and progesterone, in the course of a woman’s reproductive years. Oestrogen is responsible for regulating the menstrual cycle as well as a woman’s secondary characteristics. In addition, oestrogen prepares the body for fertilization and reproduction. However, as a woman nears her menopausal years (typically around 50), her body slows [...]
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What is HRT?
Have you ever wondered what is HRT?
HRT (short for Hormone Replacement Therapy) is a treatment used to increase estrogen levels in your body.
Women experience menopause when their ovaries cease producing estrogen – this will at first produce symptoms including headaches, hot flashes, fatigue, depression, night sweats and so on.
It is the symptoms which come after [...]
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- on Aug 2nd, 2008
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