Treatments For Menopause

Once thought to be the panacea for menopausal women, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has definitely not lived up to the marketing promises. The NIH-sponsored study called the Women's Health Initiative was pulled in 2002...

Frederick R. Jelovsek MD, MS "Two years ago, I watched a very convincing video by Dr. John Lee about the advisability of using progesterone cream to regulate the estrogen level in a woman's body. He...

Thanks, Suzanne! Suzanne Somers, in her books, Ageless, The Sexy Years, and Breakthrough, introduced many American women to the concept of bioidentical hormones. Add the stamp of approval from Oprah, and you have a winner. However,...

Background Estrogens are the class of hormones responsible for many female characteristics such as breast growth, body fat distribution, vaginal lubrication and lining thickness and uterine tissue growth. There are three human estrogens: estradiol -...

Frederick R. Jelovsek MD When your doctor recommends hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after menopause, do visions of menses forever appear? How much bleeding should you expect? There are two basic dose frequencies -- sequential estrogen...

A moderate amount of relief from menopausal symptoms is available with non prescription hormone therapy. Pharmeceutical grade progesterone cream has been shown to reduced hot flashes and there are non prescription progesterone creams that...

The Jury's in The jury is in: hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases the risk that survivors of breast cancer will have a recurrence of the disease. HRT is a popular therapy for women who are perimenopausal, menopausal...

Frederick R. Jelovsek MD A recent set of symposium papers on the emerging role of estrogen and androgen therapy in the postmenopausal women was published in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine. There were several articles...